French player Diane Parry, seeded No 4, narrowly defeated Australian qualifier Olivia Gadecki 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the second round of the Palermo Open at A.S.D. Country Time Club on Tuesday evening.
Parry, ranked No 58, will face Swiss qualifier Jil Teichmann in the next round.
Other first-round results from the Palermo WTA 250 at A.S.D. Country Time Club on clay court, with the most recent results listed first, include:
- 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) defeated Martina Trevisan: 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2
- Maria Lourdes Carle defeated Tatjana Maria (8): 5-7, 6-1, 6-1
- Chloe Paquet defeated Saisai Zheng: 6-3, 6-3
- Irina-Camelia Begu defeated Marina Bassols Ribera: 6-0, 6-0
- Karolina Muchova (2) defeated Katarzyna Kawa (Q): 7-6 (14), 5-1 ret.
- Jil Teichmann defeated Mia Ristic (Q): 6-1, 6-1
- Astra Sharma defeated Anna Blinkova (6): 6-0, 7-5
- Noma Noha Akugue (Q) defeated Mona Barthel (Q): 6-4, 2-6, 6-2