Mérida Open: McNally advances to second round

American Catherine McNally reached the second round of the Mérida Open by winning against Chinese Lin Zhu, the No 3 seed, 7-6 (3), 6-7 (5), 6-1 at the Yucatan Country Club on Monday night.

McNally, ranked No 92, will play the winner of the match between American wildcard Katie Volynets and Italian Lucia Bronzetti next.

Mérida WTA 250, other first-round results (Yucatan Country Club, hard, USD 259.303, most recent results first):

• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Viktorija Golubic
• Mayar Sherif vs. Camila Giorgi
• Kimberly Birrell vs. Anna Bondar
• Katie Volynets vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Xiyu Wang vs. Alison Riske-Amritraj
• Leolia Jeanjean vs. Sloane Stephens
• Tatjana Maria vs. Kateryna Baindl
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Xinyu Wang
• Fernanda Contreras Gomez vs. Alycia Parks
• Nadia Podoroska vs. Rebecca Peterson
• Jule Niemeier vs. Panna Udvardy
• Magda Linette vs. Camila Osorio
• Nuria Parrizas Diaz beat Ana Konjuh (Q): 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-2
• Ysaline Bonaventure beat Simona Waltert (WC): 4-6, 7-5, 6-1