Midland Open: Starodubtsewa comes from behind to defeat Chang
Yulia Starodubtsewa beat Sophie Chang 3-6, 6-1, 6-0 on Monday, and will face Taylor Townsend or Raluka Serban next
Ukrainian Yulia Starodubtsewa reached the second round of the Midland Open by winning against American wildcard Sophie Chang 3-6, 6-1, 6-0 at the Greater Midland Tennis Center on Monday.
Yulia Starodubtsewa will play the winner of the match between American Taylor Townsend, the No 4 seed, and Cypriot Raluka Serban 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
- Victoria Hu vs. Hailey Baptiste
- Katrina Scott vs. Renata Zarazua
- Taylor Townsend vs. Raluka Serban
- Katherine Sebov vs. Lulu Sun
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Varvara Lepchenko
- Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva vs. Peyton Stearns
- Alycia Parks (3) beat Ann Li: 6-2, 6-1
- Carole Monnet beat Iryna Shymanovich: 6-4 ret.
