Palermo Open: Begu doubles bagels Bassols Ribera in first round

Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu advanced to the second round of the Palermo Open by winning against Spaniard Marina Bassols Ribera 6-0, 6-0 at A.S.D. Country Time Club on Monday.

Begu, ranked No 142, will face the winner of the match between Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus, the No 5 seed, and Italian Martina Trevisan next.

Palermo WTA 250, other first-round matches (A.S.D. Country Time Club, clay, USD 267,082):

• Karolina Muchova (2) beat Katarzyna Kawa (Q): 7-6 (14), 5-1 ret.
• Jil Teichmann (Q) beat Mia Ristic (Q): 6-1, 6-1
• Astra Sharma beat Anna Blinkova (6): 6-0, 7-5
• Noma Noha Akugue (Q) beat Mona Barthel (Q): 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Elsa Jacquemot
• Erika Andreeva vs. Darja Semenistaja
• Julia Riera vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Sara Errani
• Ann Li vs. Peyton Stearns
• Emiliana Arango vs. Petra Martic
• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Mayar Sherif
• Diane Parry vs. Olivia Gadecki
• Arantxa Rus vs. Martina Trevisan
• Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Tatjana Maria
• Chloe Paquet vs. Saisai Zheng