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Tennis, WTA – Palermo Open 2024: Zheng defeats Errani
Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the top seed, moved into the second round of the Palermo Open by beating Italian Sara Errani 6-3, 6-2 at A.S.D. Country Time Club on Tuesday evening.
Zheng, ranked No 7, will face the winner of the match between Colombian Emiliana Arango and Croat Petra Martic 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: tuesday
- Emiliana Arango vs. Petra Martic: tuesday
- Ajla Tomljanovic (WC) beat Mayar Sherif: 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Diane Parry (4) beat Olivia Gadecki (Q): 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
- 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 (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
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