Palermo Open: Bucsa beats Curmi to make last 16

Spaniard Cristina Bucsa edged out Maltese lucky loser Francesca Curmi 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 to reach the last 16 of the Palermo Open at A.S.D. Country Time Club on Tuesday evening.

Bucsa, ranked No 81, will play Frenchwoman Clara Burel next.

Palermo WTA 250, other 32 results (A.S.D. Country Time Club, clay, USD 259.303, most recent results first):

• Arantxa Rus vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Camila Osorio vs. Fiona Ferro
• Mia Ristic vs. Dayana Yastremska
• Nigina Abduraimova vs. Tatiana Prozorova
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Erika Andreeva
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Martina Trevisan
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Mayar Sherif: tuesday
• Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto (4): 6-3, 4-6, 6-0
• Emma Navarro (7) beat Eva Vedder (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-1
• Sofya Lansere (LL) beat Olga Danilovic: 6-3 ret.
• Diane Parry beat Aurora Zantedeschi (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Qinwen Zheng (2) beat Sara Errani: 6-0, 6-0
• Clara Burel beat Julia Grabher (8): 6-4, 7-5
• Nuria Brancaccio (Q) beat Tessah Andrianjafitrimo (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Camilla Rosatello (WC) beat Viktorija Golubic: 6-1, 6-1