Palermo Open: Martic races past Arango to book spot in second round

Croat Petra Martic defeated Colombian Emiliana Arango 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the second round of the Palermo Open at A.S.D. Country Time Club on Tuesday evening.

Martic, ranked No 99, will play Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the top seed, 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
• Julia Riera vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Elsa Jacquemot
• Ann Li vs. Peyton Stearns: tuesday
• Qinwen Zheng 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