Alycia Parks downs Kovinic for Lyon Open semi-final

Alycia Parks continues her stellar run indoors as the American player battled past Danka Kovinic 7-5 6-2 for the semi-final of the Lyon Open to be played tomorrow.

It was a rather interesting matchup between two players that battle hard for every point. There was plenty of that in this one as well, particularly in the opening set. Kovinic actually played better in the first set pressuring Parks early on in the match and eventually she got the first break of the match.

She was up 5-3 with a chance to finish off the opening set but allowed a break point for the first time in the match and lost her serve. She was actually outplayed for the rest of the set as Parks finally found her rhythm hitting some great shots to close it out 7-5. The second set was largely one where Parks dominated Kovinic taking an early break and cruising from there to a 6-2 finish.