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yMérida Open: Birrell advances to second round, defeating Bondar
Kimberly Birrell won against Anna Bondar 7-6 (8), 6-1 on Tuesday night and will play Chinese Xiyu Wang in the next round
Australian qualifier Kimberly Birrell reached the second round of the Mérida Open by defeating Hungarian Anna Bondar 7-6 (8), 6-1 at the Yucatan Country Club on Monday night.
Birrell, ranked No 133, will face Chinese Xiyu Wang next.
Mérida WTA 250, other first-round results (Yucatan Country Club, hard, USD 259.303, most recent results first):
- Fernanda Contreras Gomez vs. Alycia Parks
- Magda Linette vs. Camila Osorio
- Nadia Podoroska vs. Rebecca Peterson
- Leolia Jeanjean vs. Sloane Stephens
- Tatjana Maria vs. Kateryna Baindl
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Jule Niemeier vs. Panna Udvardy
- Elina Avanesyan vs. Xinyu Wang
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Viktorija Golubic: tuesday
- Camila Giorgi beat Mayar Sherif (6): 6-4, 6-2
- Katie Volynets (WC) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
- Xiyu Wang beat Alison Riske-Amritraj (8): 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (1)
- Nuria Parrizas Diaz beat Ana Konjuh (Q): 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-2
- Catherine McNally beat Lin Zhu (3): 7-6 (3), 6-7 (5), 6-1
- Ysaline Bonaventure beat Simona Waltert (WC): 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
