Cali Open: Kalieva reaches second round

Elvina Kalieva advanced to the second round of the Cali Open by edging out No 6 seed Hailey Baptiste 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-4 at the Club Campestre de Cali on Tuesday evening.

Kalieva, ranked No 251, will face Italian Nuria Brancaccio next.

Cali WTA 125K Series, other first-round results (Club Campestre de Cali, clay, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Reka Luca Jani vs. Nadia Podoroska
• Renata Zarazua vs. Jessie Aney
• Yuliana Lizarazo (WC) beat Whitney Osuigwe: 4-2 ret.
• Emiliana Arango (WC) beat Carol Zhao (7): 6-4, 6-3
• Xiaodi You beat Maria Paulina Perez-Garcia (WC): 6-0, 6-4
• Valeriya Strakhova beat Maria Herazo Gonzalez (WC): 6-2, 6-2
• Carolina M. Alves (Q) beat Caroline Dolehide (5): 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (4)
• Martina Colmegna (Q) beat Maria Lourdes Carle (4): 6-4, 6-2
• Carole Monnet beat Jamie Loeb: 6-3, 6-4
• Aliona Bolsova (3) beat Katarzyna Kawa: 7-6 (1), 7-5
• Raluka Serban beat Quinn Gleason (Q): 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (4)
• Fernanda Contreras Gomez (8) beat Marine Partaud (Q): 6-1, 1-6, 6-1
• Laura Pigossi (2) beat Gabriela Ce: 6-1, 6-1
• Paula Ormaechea beat Weronika Falkowska: 5-7, 6-0, 6-1
• Nuria Brancaccio beat Julia Riera: 7-5, 6-3