Midland Open: Starodubtsewa comes from behind to defeat Chang

Ukrainian Yulia Starodubtsewa reached the second round of the Midland Open by winning against American wildcard Sophie Chang 3-6, 6-1, 6-0 at the Greater Midland Tennis Center on Monday.

Yulia Starodubtsewa will play the winner of the match between American Taylor Townsend, the No 4 seed, and Cypriot Raluka Serban next.

Midland WTA 125, other first-round results (Greater Midland Tennis Center, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Katie Volynets vs. Tatiana Prozorova
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Heather Watson
• Rebecca Marino vs. Emiliana Arango
• Mccartney Kessler vs. Emina Bektas
• Emma Navarro vs. Chloe Beck
• Robin Anderson vs. Elvina Kalieva
• Arianne Hartono vs. Jana Fett
• Victoria Hu vs. Hailey Baptiste
• Katrina Scott vs. Renata Zarazua
• Taylor Townsend vs. Raluka Serban
• Katherine Sebov vs. Lulu Sun
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Varvara Lepchenko
• Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva vs. Peyton Stearns
• Alycia Parks (3) beat Ann Li: 6-2, 6-1
• Carole Monnet beat Iryna Shymanovich: 6-4 ret.