Palermo Open: Zheng sees off Martic to make quarter-finals

Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the top seed, advanced to the quarter-finals of the Palermo Open by winning against Croat Petra Martic 6-4, 6-4 at A.S.D. Country Time Club on Thursday evening.

Zheng, ranked No 7, will play Romanian Jaqueline Cristian, the No 7 seed, next.

The 21-year-old Chinese beat Italian Sara Errani (6-3, 6-2) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round of the Palermo tournament, Martic, ranked No 99, won against Colombian Emiliana Arango (6-2, 6-3).

Palermo WTA 250, other second-round results (A.S.D. Country Time Club, clay, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Jaqueline Cristian beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-3, 6-2
• Chloe Paquet beat Maria Lourdes Carle: 6-3, 6-1
• Ann Li beat Erika Andreeva: 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
• Astra Sharma beat Ajla Tomljanovic (WC): 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
• Karolina Muchova (2) beat Noma Noha Akugue (Q): 6-7, 6-2, 6-3
• Diane Parry (4) beat Jil Teichmann (Q): 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-2
• Irina-Camelia Begu beat Arantxa Rus (5): 6-2, 7-5