Palermo Open: Paquet knocks out Zheng to move into second round

Frenchwoman Chloe Paquet moved into the second round of the Palermo Open by beating Chinese Saisai Zheng 6-3, 6-3 at A.S.D. Country Time Club.

Paquet, ranked No 115, will play the winner of the match between Argentinian Maria Lourdes Carle and German Tatjana Maria, the No 8 seed, next.

Palermo WTA 250, other first-round results (A.S.D. Country Time Club, clay, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• 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: tuesday
• Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Tatjana Maria: tuesday
• 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