Yuan victorious from a set down, into Monterrey second round

Yue Yuan, the No 7 seed, moved into the second round of the Monterrey Open by defeating Serb qualifier Aleksandra Krunic 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 at Sonoma Club on Wednesday night.

Yuan, ranked No 38, will face Croat Petra Martic next.

Monterrey WTA 500, other first-round results (Sonoma Club, hard, USD 922.573, most recent results first):

• Xiyu Wang vs. Tatjana Maria
• Magdalena Frech vs. Nadia Podoroska: wednesday
• Renata Zarazua beat Victoria Rodriguez (WC): 6-1, 6-4
• Linda Noskova (6) beat Anna Danilina (Q): 6-0, 6-1
• Petra Martic beat Carol Zhao (Q): 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-2
• Elina Avanesyan beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto (WC): 7-6 (6), 6-1
• Camila Osorio beat Ajla Tomljanovic: 6-2, 7-6 (3)
• Lulu Sun beat Chloe Paquet: 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Lina Glushko (LL) beat Kateryna Volodko (Q): 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
• Maria Lourdes Carle beat Veronika Kudermetova (8): 1-6, 7-5, 6-4
• Erika Andreeva beat Anhelina Kalinina: 6-1, 6-4