Mérida Open: Volynets makes second round

American wildcard Katie Volynets moved into the second round of the Mérida Open by winning against Italian Lucia Bronzetti 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 at the Yucatan Country Club on Tuesday night.

Volynets, ranked No 96, will play American Catherine McNally next.

Mérida WTA 250, other first-round results (Yucatan Country Club, hard, USD 259.303, most recent results first):

• Fernanda Contreras Gomez vs. Alycia Parks
• Magda Linette vs. Camila Osorio
• Nadia Podoroska vs. Rebecca Peterson
• Leolia Jeanjean vs. Sloane Stephens
• Tatjana Maria vs. Kateryna Baindl
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Jule Niemeier vs. Panna Udvardy
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Xinyu Wang
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Viktorija Golubic
• Kimberly Birrell vs. Anna Bondar
• Mayar Sherif vs. Camila Giorgi
• Xiyu Wang vs. Alison Riske-Amritraj: tuesday
• Nuria Parrizas Diaz beat Ana Konjuh (Q): 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-2
• Catherine McNally beat Lin Zhu (3): 7-6 (3), 6-7 (5), 6-1
• Ysaline Bonaventure beat Simona Waltert (WC): 4-6, 7-5, 6-1

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