Palermo Open: Erika Andreeva eases past Semenistaja to move into second round
Erika Andreeva beat Darja Semenistaja 6-1, 6-2 in Palermo and will face Ann Li in the next round
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Russian Erika Andreeva beat Latvian Darja Semenistaja 6-1, 6-2 to reach the second round of the Palermo Open at A.S.D. Country Time Club.
Andreeva, ranked No 92, will play Ann Li next.
Palermo WTA 250, other first-round results (A.S.D. Country Time Club, clay, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Jaqueline Cristian (7) beat Julia Riera: 6-3, 6-2
- Lucia Bronzetti beat Elsa Jacquemot: 7-5, 3-6, 6-3
- Ann Li beat Peyton Stearns (3): 3-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2
- Petra Martic beat Emiliana Arango: 6-2, 6-3
- Qinwen Zheng (1) beat Sara Errani: 6-3, 6-2
- Ajla Tomljanovic (WC) beat Mayar Sherif: 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Diane Parry (4) beat Olivia Gadecki (Q): 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Arantxa Rus (5) beat Martina Trevisan: 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2
- 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
