Rabat Open: Eighth seed Zhu upset in first round
Yafan Wang won against Lin Zhu 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 in the first round on Tuesday
Lin Zhu of China in action during the second qualifications round of the 2021 Qatar Total Open WTA 500 tournament
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Yafan Wang reached the last 16 of the Rabat Open by scoring an upset over No 8 seed Lin Zhu 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 at Union Sportive des Cheminots du Maroc on Tuesday.
Wang, ranked No 68, will play the winner of the match between qualifier Berfu Cengiz and Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova next.
Rabat WTA 250, other first round results (Union Sportive des Cheminots du Maroc, clay, USD 267,082):
- Lucia Bronzetti (4) beat Malak El Allami (WC): 6-1, 6-0
- Maria Lourdes Carle beat Arantxa Rus (5): 6-3, 6-3
- 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
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