Parma Open: Paolini into second round

Italian Jasmine Paolini reached the second round of the Parma Open by beating German qualifier Jule Niemeier 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 at the Tennis Club Parma on Tuesday afternoon.

Paolini, ranked No 79, will face Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto next.

Parma WTA 250, other first-round results (Tennis Club Parma, clay, EUR 203.204, most recent results first):

• Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Martina Trevisan
• Matilde Paoletti vs. Gabriela Lee
• Mayar Sherif beat Anna Bondar (5): 7-5, 6-4
• Irina-Camelia Begu (3) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 7-5, 5-1 ret.
• Danka Kovinic beat Oceane Dodin: 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz (7): 7-5, 6-1
• Arantxa Rus beat Panna Udvardy: 7-5, 6-3
• Simona Waltert (Q) beat Tamara Zidansek: 6-4, 6-4
• Maryna Zanevska beat Lucia Bronzetti (8): 6-3, 6-2
• Dalma Galfi beat Erika Andreeva (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• Lauren Davis beat Sara Errani (WC): 7-5, 7-5
• Maria Sakkari (1) beat Kateryna Baindl (Q): 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-3
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Q) beat Reka Luca Jani (Q): 6-2, 6-4
• Ana Bogdan (6) beat Laura Pigossi: 6-1, 6-2
• Sloane Stephens (4) beat Magdalena Frech: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4