Abierto Tampico: Zhu books spot in second round, Gracheva next

Chinese Lin Zhu, the No 6 seed, reached the second round of the Abierto Tampico by beating Austrian Julia Grabher 6-4, 3-6, 6-0 at Centro Libanes Mexicano de Tampico on Tuesday evening.

Zhu, ranked No 62, will face Russian Varvara Gracheva next.

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

• Leylah Fernandez (3) beat Elizabeth Mandlik: 7-6 (8), 6-2
• 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
• 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