Palermo Open: Dodin moves into second round, Begu next

Frenchwoman Oceane Dodin advanced to the second round of the Palermo Open by winning against Italian qualifier Matilde Paoletti 6-4, 7-5 at A.S.D. Country Time Club in Palerme on Monday evening.

Dodin, ranked No 77, will play the winner of the match between Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, the No 6 seed, and Spanish qualifier Marina Bassols Ribera next.

Palerme WTA 250, other first-round matches (A.S.D. Country Time Club, clay, EUR 203.024, most recent results first):

• Jaimee Fourlis vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Lauren Davis vs. Diane Parry
• Lucrezia Stefanini vs. Panna Udvardy
• Anna Bondar vs. Clara Burel
• Asia Muhammad vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
• Xinyu Wang vs. Julia Grabher
• Chloe Paquet vs. Caroline Garcia
• Sara Errani vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Xiyu Wang
• Martina Trevisan vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova
• Shuai Zhang vs. Rebeka Masarova
• Ylena In-Albon vs. Leolia Jeanjean
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Marina Bassols Ribera: monday
• Sara Sorribes Tormo (4) beat Ana Bogdan: 2-6, 6-4, 6-2