Mérida Open: Korneeva reaches second round
Alina Korneeva defeated Alycia Parks 6-3, 6-1 on Monday night and will play the winner of the match between Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko and Russian Anna Blinkova, the No 5 seed, in the next round
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Russian Alina Korneeva advanced to the second round of the Mérida Open by defeating American Alycia Parks 6-3, 6-1 at the Yucatan Country Club on Monday night.
Korneeva, ranked No 254, will face the winner of the match between Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko and Russian Anna Blinkova, the No 5 seed, next.
Mérida WTA 250, other first-round results (Yucatan Country Club, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Antonia Ruzic vs. Laura Samson
- Elizabeth Mandlik vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
- Polina Kudermetova vs. Nadia Podoroska
- Tamara Zidansek vs. Varvara Lepchenko
- Maya Joint vs. Marina Stakusic
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Anna Blinkova
- Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Ana Sofia Sanchez
- Jule Niemeier vs. Lucrezia Stefanini
- Zeynep Sonmez vs. Maria Lourdes Carle
- Renata Zarazua vs. Akasha Urhobo
- Jil Teichmann vs. Anastasia Tikhonova
- Maja Chwalinska vs. Rebecca Marino
- Tatjana Maria vs. Nina Stojanovic: monday
- Ann Li beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz (8): 6-0, 6-4
- Elsa Jacquemot beat Robin Montgomery: 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
