Palermo Open: Rus fights back to defeat Trevisan and reach second round

Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus, the No 5 seed, advanced to the second round of the Palermo Open by winning against Italian Martina Trevisan 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2 at A.S.D. Country Time Club on Tuesday evening.

Rus, ranked No 62, will face Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu next.

Palermo WTA 250, other first-round results (A.S.D. Country Time Club, clay, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Erika Andreeva vs. Darja Semenistaja
• Julia Riera vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Elsa Jacquemot
• Ann Li vs. Peyton Stearns
• Emiliana Arango vs. Petra Martic
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Sara Errani
• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Mayar Sherif: tuesday
• Diane Parry vs. Olivia Gadecki: tuesday
• Maria Lourdes Carle beat Tatjana Maria (8): 5-7, 6-1, 6-1
• Chloe Paquet beat Saisai Zheng: 6-3, 6-3
• 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