Danielle COLLINS (USA) celebrates in her singles match against Varvara LEPCHENKO (USA) on 1573 Arena during the Phillip Island Trophy, WTA250 tournament at Melbourne Park on Monday, February 15, 2021. MANDATORY PHOTO CREDIT Tennis Australia/ JONATHAN DI MAGGIO
Top-seeded Danielle Collins reached the last 16 of the Palermo Ladies Open with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Germany’s Katharina Gerlach.
The American, a semi-finalist at the Australian Open two years ago, will next face Maddison Inglis of Australia.
No.7 seed Astra Sharma followed Inglis to reach the last 16, despite a mid-match blip to get past Italian Lucrezia Stefanini 6-4 1-6 6-3.
Fourth-seeded Zhang Shuai joined her in the next round with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Cristina Bucsa of Spain.
Local favourite Lucia Bronzetti upset No.5 seed Viktoriya Tomova of Bulgaria 6-4, 6-1.
Olga Danilovic, an unseeded player from Serbia, came back to beat eighth-seeded Kamilla Rakhimova of Russia 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.
Queenslander Lizette Cabrera lost 6-2 6-3 to Katarina Zavatska of the Ukraine.
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