Tampico Open: Seventh seed Volynets books spot in second round

American Katie Volynets, the No 7 seed, reached the second round of the Tampico Open by winning against Mexican wildcard Ana Sofia Sanchez 6-1, 6-2 at the Centro Libanés Mexicano de Tampico on Tuesday night.

Volynets, ranked No 108, will face Hailey Baptiste next.

Tampico WTA 125, other first-round results (Centro Libanés Mexicano de Tampico, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Whitney Osuigwe
• Jana Kolodynska vs. Varvara Lepchenko
• Panna Udvardy vs. Jessica Hinojosa Gomez
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Ashley Lahey
• Raluka Serban vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
• Renata Zarazua vs. Emina Bektas: tuesday
• Katarina Kozarov vs. Carole Monnet: tuesday
• Emiliana Arango (8) beat Daniela Martinez Guerrero (Q): 6-0, 6-0
• Anastasia Tikhonova beat Daniela Schekaiban (LL): 6-0, 6-0
• Fernanda Contreras Gomez (WC) beat Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva: 6-2, 7-5
• Ann Li beat Heather Watson: 4-6, 6-1, 6-3
• Anna Kalinskaya (4) beat Jessie Aney (Q): 6-1, 6-1
• Hailey Baptiste beat Katrina Scott: 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-4
• Elizabeth Mandlik beat Peyton Stearns (2): 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
• Victoria Rodriguez (WC) beat Alina Zolotareva (LL): 6-3, 6-2