Mérida Open: Wang Xinyu books spot in second round

Chinese Xinyu Wang moved into the second round of the Mérida Open by winning against Russian qualifier Elina Avanesyan 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 at the Yucatan Country Club on Tuesday evening.

21-year-old Wang, ranked at a career-high No 67, will face Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto, the No 7 seed, next.

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The rising Chinese has reached a quarter-final at Auckland and a semi-final at Hua Hin already this season.

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. Varvara Gracheva
• Jule Niemeier vs. Panna Udvardy
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Viktorija Golubic: 6-0, 6-3
• Kimberly Birrell (Q) beat Anna Bondar: 7-6 (8), 6-1
• Camila Giorgi beat Mayar Sherif (6): 6-4, 6-2
• Katie Volynets (WC) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
• Xiyu Wang beat Alison Riske-Amritraj (8): 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (1)
• 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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