Cali Open: Strakhova reaches second round

Ukrainian Valeriya Strakhova won against Colombian wildcard Maria Herazo Gonzalez 6-2, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the Cali Open at the Club Campestre de Cali on Tuesday.

Strakhova, ranked No 389, will face the winner of the match between American Caroline Dolehide, the No 5 seed, and Brazilian qualifier Carolina M. Alves 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 vs. Whitney Osuigwe
• Emiliana Arango vs. Carol Zhao
• Hailey Baptiste vs. Elvina Kalieva
• Maria Paulina Perez-Garcia vs. Xiaodi You
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Carolina M. Alves: tuesday
• Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Martina Colmegna: tuesday
• 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