Palermo Open: Bondar advances to second round, beating Burel

Hungarian Anna Bondar, the No 7 seed, moved into the second round of the Palermo Open by winning against Frenchwoman Clara Burel 6-4, 6-4 at A.S.D. Country Time Club in Palerme on Tuesday.

Bondar, ranked No 50, will play the winner of the match between Italian wildcard Lucrezia Stefanini and Hungarian Panna Udvardy next.

Palerme WTA 250, other first-round matches (A.S.D. Country Time Club, clay, EUR 203.024, most recent results first):

• Carolina M. Alves vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Sara Errani vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Lauren Davis vs. Diane Parry
• Xinyu Wang vs. Julia Grabher
• Lucrezia Stefanini vs. Panna Udvardy
• Asia Muhammad vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
• Chloe Paquet vs. Caroline Garcia
• Yulia Putintseva (2) beat Jaimee Fourlis (LL): 6-3, 6-1
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Xiyu Wang: tuesday
• Jasmine Paolini beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: 6-3, 6-1
• Shuai Zhang (3) beat Rebeka Masarova (Q): 7-6 (3), 7-6 (7)
• Leolia Jeanjean (Q) beat Ylena In-Albon: 6-2, 6-4
• Irina-Camelia Begu (6) beat Marina Bassols Ribera (Q): 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
• Oceane Dodin beat Matilde Paoletti (Q): 6-4, 7-5
• Sara Sorribes Tormo (4) beat Ana Bogdan: 2-6, 6-4, 6-2