Mérida Open: Blinkova advances to second round

Russian Anna Blinkova, the No 5 seed, reached the second round of the Mérida Open when Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko retired on Wednesday at the Yucatan Country Club.

Blinkova, ranked No 75, led 2-6, 6-4, 4-0 when Tsurenko, ranked No 122, pulled out at the Yucatan Country Club on Wednesday.

The Russian will play Russian Alina Korneeva next.

Mérida WTA 250, other first-round results (Yucatan Country Club, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Renata Zarazua (1) beat Akasha Urhobo (WC): 7-5, 6-2
• Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Ana Sofia Sanchez (WC): 6-2, 6-1
• Polina Kudermetova beat Nadia Podoroska (2): 6-1, 6-1
• Marina Stakusic beat Maya Joint: 2-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2)
• Zeynep Sonmez beat Maria Lourdes Carle (6): 5-7, 6-1, 6-2
• Lucrezia Stefanini beat Jule Niemeier (4): 6-3, 6-2
• Varvara Lepchenko beat Tamara Zidansek (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Antonia Ruzic beat Laura Samson (WC): 6-4, 6-4
• Jil Teichmann beat Anastasia Tikhonova (Q): 6-1, 6-4
• Ajla Tomljanovic (3) beat Elizabeth Mandlik (Q): 7-6 (9), 6-1
• Maja Chwalinska (Q) beat Rebecca Marino: 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Alina Korneeva beat Alycia Parks: 6-3, 6-1
• Nina Stojanovic beat Tatjana Maria (7): 6-4, 6-4
• Ann Li beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz (8): 6-0, 6-4
• Elsa Jacquemot beat Robin Montgomery: 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)