Mérida Open: Sonmez advances to second round
Zeynep Sonmez defeated Maria Lourdes Carle 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 on Tuesday. She’ll play Frenchwoman Elsa Jacquemot in the next round
Zeynep Sonmez – Imago / Panoramic
Zeynep Sonmez reached the second round of the Mérida Open by winning against Argentinian Maria Lourdes Carle, the No 6 seed, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 at the Yucatan Country Club on Tuesday.
Sonmez, ranked No 127, will play Frenchwoman Elsa Jacquemot next.
Mérida WTA 250, other first-round results (Yucatan Country Club, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Polina Kudermetova vs. Nadia Podoroska
- Renata Zarazua vs. Akasha Urhobo
- Maya Joint vs. Marina Stakusic
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Anna Blinkova
- Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Ana Sofia Sanchez: tuesday
- Lucrezia Stefanini beat Jule Niemeier (4): 6-3, 6-2
- Varvara Lepchenko beat Tamara Zidansek (Q): 6-2, 6-2
- Antonia Ruzic beat Laura Samson (WC): 6-4, 6-4
- Jil Teichmann beat Anastasia Tikhonova (Q): 6-1, 6-4
- Ajla Tomljanovic (3) beat Elizabeth Mandlik (Q): 7-6 (9), 6-1
- Maja Chwalinska (Q) beat Rebecca Marino: 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Alina Korneeva beat Alycia Parks: 6-3, 6-1
- Nina Stojanovic beat Tatjana Maria (7): 6-4, 6-4
- Ann Li beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz (8): 6-0, 6-4
- Elsa Jacquemot beat Robin Montgomery: 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
