Palermo Open: Begu doubles bagels Bassols Ribera in first round
The Romanian will face the winner of the match between Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus, the No 5 seed, and Italian Martina Trevisan in the next round
Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu advanced to the second round of the Palermo Open by winning against Spaniard Marina Bassols Ribera 6-0, 6-0 at A.S.D. Country Time Club on Monday.
Begu, ranked No 142, will face the winner of the match between Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus, the No 5 seed, and Italian Martina Trevisan next.
Palermo WTA 250, other first-round matches (A.S.D. Country Time Club, clay, USD 267,082):
- Karolina Muchova (2) beat Katarzyna Kawa (Q): 7-6 (14), 5-1 ret.
- Jil Teichmann (Q) beat Mia Ristic (Q): 6-1, 6-1
- Astra Sharma beat Anna Blinkova (6): 6-0, 7-5
- Noma Noha Akugue (Q) beat Mona Barthel (Q): 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Elsa Jacquemot
- Erika Andreeva vs. Darja Semenistaja
- Julia Riera vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Sara Errani
- Ann Li vs. Peyton Stearns
- Emiliana Arango vs. Petra Martic
- Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Mayar Sherif
- Diane Parry vs. Olivia Gadecki
- Arantxa Rus vs. Martina Trevisan
- Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Tatjana Maria
- Chloe Paquet vs. Saisai Zheng
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