Abierto Tampico: Mertens books spot in second round
Elise Mertens won against Elvina Kalieva 6-2, 7-5 on Tuesday night and will face American Ashlyn Krueger in the next round
Belgian Elise Mertens, the top seed, advanced to the second round of the Abierto Tampico by winning against American qualifier Elvina Kalieva 6-2, 7-5 at Centro Libanes Mexicano de Tampico on Tuesday night.
Mertens, ranked No 30, will face American Ashlyn Krueger next.
Tampico WTA 125, other first-round results (Centro Libanes Mexicano de Tampico, hard, USD 115.000, most recent results first):
- Leylah Fernandez (3) beat Elizabeth Mandlik: 7-6 (8), 6-2
- Varvara Gracheva beat Laura Pigossi: 6-4, 6-1
- Renata Zarazua beat Eugenie Bouchard (WC): 7-5, 1-6, 7-5
- Ashlyn Krueger beat Aldila Sutjiadi (Q): 6-2, 7-5
- Marie Bouzkova (2) beat Elina Avanesyan: 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Moyuka Uchijima beat Emma Navarro: 6-4, 6-4
- Katerina Siniakova (4) beat Alycia Parks: 6-0, 6-3
- Lin Zhu (6) beat Julia Grabher: 6-4, 3-6, 6-0
- Camila Osorio (7) beat Nao Hibino: 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Carol Zhao: 6-0, 6-3
- Magdalena Frech beat Sachia Vickery (Q): 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-3
- Xiaodi You beat Anna-Lena Friedsam: 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Rebecca Marino (8) beat Varvara Flink: 6-3, 7-5
- Eva Vedder beat Reka Luca Jani: 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
- Magda Linette (5) beat Bianca Jolie Fernandez (Q): 6-3, 6-0
