Midland Open: Bektas beats Kessler to make second round
Emina Bektas edged out Mccartney Kessler 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 and will play American wildcard Katrina Scott in the next round
Emina Bektas, San Jose 2021 (© Zuma / Panoramic)
No 7 seed Emina Bektas moved into the second round of the Midland Open by edging out wildcard Mccartney Kessler 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 at the Greater Midland Tennis Center.
Bektas, ranked No 104, will play American wildcard Katrina Scott next.
Midland WTA 125, other first-round results (Greater Midland Tennis Center, USD 115.000, most recent results first):
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Heather Watson: wednesday
- Rebecca Marino beat Emiliana Arango: 6-3, 6-7 (9), 7-5
- Emma Navarro (1) beat Chloe Beck (LL): 6-2, 6-3
- Tatiana Prozorova beat Katie Volynets (8): 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Robin Anderson (Q) beat Elvina Kalieva: 6-2, 6-2
- Jana Fett beat Arianne Hartono: 7-5, 6-0
- Hailey Baptiste beat Victoria Hu (Q): 7-5, 7-5
- Katrina Scott beat Renata Zarazua: 7-6 (8), 4-6, 6-2
- Taylor Townsend (4) beat Raluka Serban: 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Katherine Sebov beat Lulu Sun (Q): 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
- Ashlyn Krueger (5) 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.
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