Palermo Open: Noha Akugue beats Barthel in battle of qualifiers
The German will face second seed Karolina Muchova in the next round
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Germany’s Noma Noha Akugue reached the second round of the Palermo Open by winning against fellow qualifier Mona Barthel 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 at A.S.D. Country Time Club on Monday.
Noha Akugue, ranked No 197, will face second seed Karolina Muchova next.
Palermo WTA 250, other first-round matches (A.S.D. Country Time Club, clay, USD 267,082):
- 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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