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yMérida Open: Siniakova advances as Tsurenko retires
Katerina Siniakova benefited from the abandonment of Lesia Tsurenko (7-5) on Tuesday night and will face Belgian Ysaline Bonaventure in the next round
Katerina Siniakova (PAP/Panoramic)
Czech Katerina Siniakova, the No 4 seed, moved into the second round of the Mérida Open when Ukrainian qualifier Lesia Tsurenko retired at the Yucatan Country Club on Tuesday night.
Siniakova, ranked No 47, led 7-5 when Tsurenko, ranked No 100, pulled out at the Yucatan Country Club on Tuesday night.
The Czech will play Belgian Ysaline Bonaventure 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. Varvara Gracheva
- Jule Niemeier vs. Panna Udvardy: tuesday
- Xinyu Wang beat Elina Avanesyan (Q): 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto (7) beat Viktorija Golubic: 6-0, 6-3
- Kimberly Birrell (Q) beat Anna Bondar: 7-6 (8), 6-1
- 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
