Palermo Open: Qualifier Barthel out in the first round
Noma Noha Akugue beat Mona Barthel 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 on Monday evening. She’ll play the winner of the match between Pole qualifier Katarzyna Kawa and second seed Karolina Muchova in the next round
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Qualifier Noma Noha Akugue moved into the second round of the Palermo Open by defeating qualifier Mona Barthel 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 at A.S.D. Country Time Club on Monday evening.
Noha Akugue, ranked No 197, will play the winner of the match between Pole qualifier Katarzyna Kawa and second seed Karolina Muchova next.
Palermo WTA 250, other first-round matches (A.S.D. Country Time Club, clay, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Jil Teichmann (Q) beat Mia Ristic (Q): 6-1, 6-1
- Astra Sharma beat Anna Blinkova (6): 6-0, 7-5
- 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
- Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Tatjana Maria
- Chloe Paquet vs. Saisai Zheng
- Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Marina Bassols Ribera
- Katarzyna Kawa vs. Karolina Muchova
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