Rabat Open: Wang through to last 16
Xiyu Wang won against Nuria Brancaccio 7-6 (5), 7-5 on Monday. She’ll face American Peyton Stearns in the next round
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Chinese Xiyu Wang, the No 6 seed, moved into the last 16 of the Rabat Open by beating Italian qualifier Nuria Brancaccio 7-6 (5), 7-5 at Union Sportive des Cheminots du Maroc on Monday.
Wang, ranked No 62, will play American Peyton Stearns 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
- Lin Zhu vs. Yafan Wang
- Malak El Allami vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Martina Trevisan vs. Nao Hibino
- Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Arantxa Rus
- Aya El Aouni vs. Mayar Sherif
- Laura Siegemund vs. Anna Blinkova
- Yue Yuan vs. Camilla Rosatello: monday
- 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
- 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
