Abierto Tampico: Fernandez makes second round
Leylah Fernandez won against Elizabeth Mandlik 7-6 (8), 6-2 on Wednesday night and will face Chinese Xiaodi You in the next round
Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 3 seed, moved into the second round of the Abierto Tampico by defeating American Elizabeth Mandlik 7-6 (8), 6-2 at Centro Libanes Mexicano de Tampico on Wednesday night.
Fernandez, ranked No 40, will face Chinese Xiaodi You next.
Tampico WTA 125, other first-round results (Centro Libanes Mexicano de Tampico, hard, USD 115.000, most recent results first):
- Varvara Gracheva beat Laura Pigossi: 6-4, 6-1
- Renata Zarazua beat Eugenie Bouchard (WC): 7-5, 1-6, 7-5
- Ashlyn Krueger beat Aldila Sutjiadi (Q): 6-2, 7-5
- Marie Bouzkova (2) beat Elina Avanesyan: 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Moyuka Uchijima beat Emma Navarro: 6-4, 6-4
- Katerina Siniakova (4) beat Alycia Parks: 6-0, 6-3
- Lin Zhu (6) beat Julia Grabher: 6-4, 3-6, 6-0
- Elise Mertens (1) beat Elvina Kalieva (Q): 6-2, 7-5
- Camila Osorio (7) beat Nao Hibino: 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Carol Zhao: 6-0, 6-3
- Magdalena Frech beat Sachia Vickery (Q): 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-3
- Xiaodi You beat Anna-Lena Friedsam: 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Rebecca Marino (8) beat Varvara Flink: 6-3, 7-5
- Eva Vedder beat Reka Luca Jani: 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
- Magda Linette (5) beat Bianca Jolie Fernandez (Q): 6-3, 6-0
