Palermo Open: Parry edges Gasecki to reach second round

Frenchwoman Diane Parry, the No 4 seed, edged out Australian qualifier Olivia Gadecki 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Palermo Open at A.S.D. Country Time Club on Tuesday evening.

Parry, ranked No 58, will play Swiss qualifier Jil Teichmann next.

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

• Erika Andreeva vs. Darja Semenistaja
• Julia Riera vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Elsa Jacquemot
• Ann Li vs. Peyton Stearns
• Emiliana Arango vs. Petra Martic
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Sara Errani
• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Mayar Sherif: tuesday
• Arantxa Rus (5) beat Martina Trevisan: 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2
• Maria Lourdes Carle beat Tatjana Maria (8): 5-7, 6-1, 6-1
• Chloe Paquet beat Saisai Zheng: 6-3, 6-3
• 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 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