Palermo Open: Li upsets No 3 seed Stearns
Ann Li beat Peyton Stearns 3-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2 on Tuesday night and will face the winner of the match between Russian Erika Andreeva and Latvian Darja Semenistaja in the next round
Ann Li advanced to the second round of the Palermo Open by winning against No 3 seed Peyton Stearns 3-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2 at A.S.D. Country Time Club on Tuesday night.
Li, ranked No 127, will face the winner of the match between Russian Erika Andreeva and Latvian Darja Semenistaja next.
Palermo WTA 250, other first-round results (A.S.D. Country Time Club, clay, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Erika Andreeva vs. Darja Semenistaja
- Jaqueline Cristian (7) beat Julia Riera: 6-3, 6-2
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Elsa Jacquemot: tuesday
- Petra Martic beat Emiliana Arango: 6-2, 6-3
- Qinwen Zheng (1) beat Sara Errani: 6-3, 6-2
- Ajla Tomljanovic (WC) beat Mayar Sherif: 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Diane Parry (4) beat Olivia Gadecki (Q): 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Arantxa Rus (5) beat Martina Trevisan: 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2
- Maria Lourdes Carle beat Tatjana Maria (8): 5-7, 6-1, 6-1
- Chloe Paquet beat Saisai Zheng: 6-3, 6-3
- Irina-Camelia Begu beat Marina Bassols Ribera: 6-0, 6-0
- 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
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