Unlike Monday’s 2 a.m. finish, first-round action completed on Tuesday at the Palermo Ladies Open before midnight.
Nineteen-year-old Slovenian qualifier Kaja Juvan recorded the first Top 20 victory of her career, showing great composure to see off second seed Marketa Vondrousova 1-6 7-5 6-4. The world No.121 Juvan’s opponent in the second round will be Italian Camila Giorgi, as the Italian, who matched her attractive snake print tennis dress with a beige face mask and Maria Sharapova Head racquet bag, thrilled the home crowd by dispatching Rebecca Peterson 7-5 6-4.