Rabat Open: Fifth seed Rus bows out in first round
Maria Lourdes Carle defeated Arantxa Rus 6-3, 6-3 on Tuesday and will face the winner of the match between Moroccan wildcard Aya El Aouni and Egyptian Mayar Sherif in the next round
Argentinian Maria Lourdes Carle upset Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus, the No 5 seed, 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the last 16 of the Rabat Open at Union Sportive des Cheminots du Maroc on Tuesday.
Carle, ranked No 83, will face Moroccan wildcard Aya El Aouni or Egyptian Mayar Sherif next.
Rabat WTA 250, other first round results (Union Sportive des Cheminots du Maroc, clay, USD):
- Lucia Bronzetti (4) beat Malak El Allami (WC): 6-1, 6-0
- 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
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