Midland Open: Sebov into second round

Canadian Katherine Sebov edged out Swiss qualifier Lulu Sun 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 to advance to the second round of the Midland Open at the Greater Midland Tennis Center on Tuesday.

Sebov, ranked No 141, will play No 5 seed Ashlyn Krueger 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: tuesday
• Ashlyn Krueger beat Varvara Lepchenko (Q): 6-1, 1-0 ret.
• Peyton Stearns (2) beat Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (LL): 6-0, 6-0
• Yulia Starodubtsewa beat Sophie Chang (WC): 3-6, 6-1, 6-0
• Alycia Parks (3) beat Ann Li: 6-2, 6-1
• Carole Monnet beat Iryna Shymanovich: 6-4 ret.