Jasmin Open: Paolini knocks out Cornet to move into second round

Italian Jasmine Paolini, the top seed, won against Frenchwoman Alize Cornet 6-4, 6-2 to move into the second round of the Jasmin Open at the Skanes Family Hotel Monastir.

Paolini, ranked No 30, will face Croat wildcard Petra Marcinko next.

Monastir WTA 250, other first-round results (Skanes Family Hotel Monastir, USD 259.303, most recent results first):

• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Chloe Paquet
• Katarzyna Kawa (WC) beat Martina Trevisan (3): 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
• Erika Andreeva (WC) beat Darja Semenistaja: 6-2, 6-0
• Petra Marcinko beat Marina Bassols Ribera: 7-6 (7), 6-2
• Elise Mertens (2) beat Alexandra Eala (Q): 7-5, 6-0
• Mai Hontama beat Aliona Bolsova: 4-6, 6-4, 6-0
• Claire Liu beat Emina Bektas: 6-2, 7-6 (5)
• Nuria Parrizas Diaz beat Magdalena Frech (7): 6-2, 0-6, 6-4
• Katarina Zavatska (Q) beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: 6-4, 6-4
• Lucia Bronzetti (6) beat Kristina Kucova: 6-1, 6-1
• Sara Errani beat Tamara Zidansek: 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-3
• Nadia Podoroska beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (5): 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
• Lucrezia Stefanini beat Camilla Rosatello (Q): 5-7, 6-3, 6-1
• Iryna Shymanovich beat Laura Pigossi: 6-3, 6-2
• Clara Burel (8) beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-2, 6-2