Rabat Open: Siegemund moves into last 16

German Laura Siegemund moved into the last 16 of the Rabat Open by winning against Russian Anna Blinkova, the second seed, 6-1, 7-6 (4) at Union Sportive des Cheminots du Maroc on Monday evening.

Siegemund, ranked No 78, will play Colombian Camila Osorio next.

Rabat WTA 250, other first-round results (Union Sportive des Cheminots du Maroc, clay, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Berfu Cengiz vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Martina Trevisan vs. Nao Hibino
• Aya El Aouni vs. Mayar Sherif
• Lin Zhu vs. Yafan Wang
• Malak El Allami vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Arantxa Rus
• 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