Palermo Open: Burel advances to last 16

Frenchwoman Clara Burel moved into the last 16 of the Palermo Open by winning against Austrian Julia Grabher, the No 8 seed, 6-4, 7-5 at A.S.D. Country Time Club on Monday evening.

Burel, ranked No 94, will play the winner of the match between Spaniard Cristina Bucsa and Maltese lucky loser Francesca Curmi 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
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Martina Trevisan
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Erika Andreeva
• Nigina Abduraimova vs. Tatiana Prozorova
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Mayar Sherif
• Cristina Bucsa vs. Francesca Curmi
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Emma Navarro vs. Eva Vedder
• Olga Danilovic vs. Lucrezia Stefanini
• Diane Parry vs. Aurora Zantedeschi
• Qinwen Zheng (2) beat Sara Errani: 6-0, 6-0
• Nuria Brancaccio (Q) beat Tessah Andrianjafitrimo (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Camilla Rosatello (WC) beat Viktorija Golubic: 6-1, 6-1