Palermo Open: Paolini moves into second round

Italian Jasmine Paolini defeated Slovak Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova 6-3, 6-1 to reach the second round of the Palermo Open at A.S.D. Country Time Club in Palerme on Monday evening.

Paolini, ranked No 61, will play the winner of the match between Chinese Shuai Zhang, the No 3 seed, and Spanish qualifier Rebeka Masarova next.

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

• Martina Trevisan vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Sara Errani vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Lauren Davis vs. Diane Parry
• Xinyu Wang vs. Julia Grabher
• Lucrezia Stefanini vs. Panna Udvardy
• Asia Muhammad vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
• Chloe Paquet vs. Caroline Garcia
• Jaimee Fourlis vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Anna Bondar vs. Clara Burel
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Xiyu Wang
• Shuai Zhang vs. Rebeka Masarova: monday
• Leolia Jeanjean (Q) beat Ylena In-Albon: 6-2, 6-4
• Irina-Camelia Begu (6) beat Marina Bassols Ribera (Q): 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
• Oceane Dodin beat Matilde Paoletti (Q): 6-4, 7-5
• Sara Sorribes Tormo (4) beat Ana Bogdan: 2-6, 6-4, 6-2