Mérida Open: Birrell advances to second round, defeating Bondar

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