Rabat Open: Osorio through to last 16

Colombian Camila Osorio reached the last 16 of the Rabat Open when Russian Elina Avanesyan retired on Monday at Union Sportive des Cheminots du Maroc.

Osorio, ranked No 77, led 3-6, 6-4, 4-0 when Avanesyan, ranked No 69, pulled out on Monday afternoon at Union Sportive des Cheminots du Maroc.

The 22-year-old Colombian will face the winner of the match between German Laura Siegemund and Russian Anna Blinkova, the second seed, next.

Rabat WTA 250, other first-round results (Union Sportive des Cheminots du Maroc, clay, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Berfu Cengiz vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Lin Zhu vs. Yafan Wang
• Malak El Allami vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Martina Trevisan vs. Nao Hibino
• Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Arantxa Rus
• Aya El Aouni vs. Mayar Sherif
• Laura Siegemund vs. Anna Blinkova
• Yue Yuan vs. Camilla Rosatello: monday
• Peyton Stearns beat Aleksandra Krunic (Q): 5-7, 6-2, 6-1
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto (7) beat Yasmine Kabbaj (WC): 6-3, 6-4
• Xiyu Wang (6) beat Nuria Brancaccio (Q): 7-6 (5), 7-5
• Nadia Podoroska beat Tatjana Maria: 6-2, 6-4
• Zhuoxuan Bai beat Kayla Day: 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Kamilla Rakhimova beat Taylor Townsend: 2-0 ret.
• Sara Sorribes Tormo (3) beat Harriet Dart: 6-2, 6-0