Rabat Open: Bronzetti books spot in round of 16

Italian Lucia Bronzetti, the No 4 seed, won against Moroccan wildcard Malak El Allami 6-1, 6-0 to reach the last 16 of the Rabat Open at Union Sportive des Cheminots du Maroc on Tuesday.

Bronzetti, ranked No 48, will face the winner of the match between Italian Martina Trevisan and Japanese Nao Hibino next.

Rabat WTA 250, other first round matches (Union Sportive des Cheminots du Maroc, clay, USD 267,082):

• Laura Siegemund beat Anna Blinkova (2): 6-1, 7-6 (4)
• Camilla Rosatello (Q) beat Yue Yuan (1): 7-6 (7), 1-6, 6-4
• Camila Osorio beat Elina Avanesyan: 3-6, 6-4, 4-0 ret.
• Peyton Stearns beat Aleksandra Krunic (Q): 5-7, 6-2, 6-1
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto (7) beat Yasmine Kabbaj (WC): 6-3, 6-4
• Xiyu Wang (6) beat Nuria Brancaccio (Q): 7-6 (5), 7-5
• Nadia Podoroska beat Tatjana Maria: 6-2, 6-4
• Zhuoxuan Bai beat Kayla Day: 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Kamilla Rakhimova beat Taylor Townsend: 2-0 ret.
• Sara Sorribes Tormo (3) beat Harriet Dart: 6-2, 6-0
• Berfu Cengiz vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Martina Trevisan vs. Nao Hibino
• Aya El Aouni vs. Mayar Sherif
• Lin Zhu vs. Yafan Wang
• Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Arantxa Rus