Midland Open: Baptiste beats qualifier Hu to reach second round

Hailey Baptiste advanced to the second round of the Midland Open by winning against qualifier Victoria Hu 7-5, 7-5 at the Greater Midland Tennis Center.

Baptiste, ranked No 136, will face American Peyton Stearns, the second seed, next.

Midland WTA 125, other first-round results (Greater Midland Tennis Center, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Katie Volynets vs. Tatiana Prozorova
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Heather Watson
• Rebecca Marino vs. Emiliana Arango
• Mccartney Kessler vs. Emina Bektas
• Emma Navarro vs. Chloe Beck
• Robin Anderson vs. Elvina Kalieva
• Arianne Hartono vs. Jana Fett
• Katrina Scott vs. Renata Zarazua: tuesday
• Taylor Townsend (4) beat Raluka Serban: 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Katherine Sebov beat Lulu Sun (Q): 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
• Ashlyn Krueger (5) beat Varvara Lepchenko (Q): 6-1, 1-0 ret.
• Peyton Stearns beat Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (LL): 6-0, 6-0
• Yulia Starodubtsewa beat Sophie Chang (WC): 3-6, 6-1, 6-0
• Alycia Parks (3) beat Ann Li: 6-2, 6-1
• Carole Monnet beat Iryna Shymanovich: 6-4 ret.