Palermo Open: Zhang reaches second round

Chinese Shuai Zhang, the No 3 seed, won against Spanish qualifier Rebeka Masarova 7-6 (3), 7-6 (7) to advance to the second round of the Palermo Open at A.S.D. Country Time Club in Palerme on Monday evening.

Zhang, ranked No 36, will face Italian Jasmine Paolini next.

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

• Martina Trevisan 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
• Jaimee Fourlis vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Anna Bondar vs. Clara Burel
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Xiyu Wang
• Jasmine Paolini beat Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova: 6-3, 6-1
• 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