Palermo Open: Paquet knocks out Zheng to move into second round
Chloe Paquet won against Saisai Zheng 6-3, 6-3 and will play the winner of the match between Maria Lourdes Carle and Tatjana Maria in the next round
Chloe Paquet © Panoramic
35 Palermo Ladies Open 2024 Women's Singles •Third round •
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Frenchwoman Chloe Paquet moved into the second round of the Palermo Open by beating Chinese Saisai Zheng 6-3, 6-3 at A.S.D. Country Time Club.
Paquet, ranked No 115, will play the winner of the match between Argentinian Maria Lourdes Carle and German Tatjana Maria, the No 8 seed, next.
Palermo WTA 250, other first-round results (A.S.D. Country Time Club, clay, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- 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: tuesday
- Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Tatjana Maria: tuesday
- Irina-Camelia Begu beat Marina Bassols Ribera: 6-0, 6-0
- 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
