Mérida Open: Cocciaretto advances to second round

Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto, the No 7 seed, advanced to the second round of the Mérida Open by winning against Swiss Viktorija Golubic 6-0, 6-3 at the Yucatan Country Club on Monday night.

Cocciaretto, ranked No 54, will play the winner of the match between Russian qualifier Elina Avanesyan and Chinese Xinyu Wang next.

Mérida WTA 250, other first-round results (Yucatan Country Club, hard, USD 259.303, most recent results first):

• Fernanda Contreras Gomez vs. Alycia Parks
• Magda Linette vs. Camila Osorio
• Nadia Podoroska vs. Rebecca Peterson
• Leolia Jeanjean vs. Sloane Stephens
• Tatjana Maria vs. Kateryna Baindl
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Jule Niemeier vs. Panna Udvardy
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Xinyu Wang
• Kimberly Birrell (Q) beat Anna Bondar: 7-6 (8), 6-1
• Camila Giorgi beat Mayar Sherif (6): 6-4, 6-2
• Katie Volynets (WC) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
• Xiyu Wang beat Alison Riske-Amritraj (8): 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (1)
• Nuria Parrizas Diaz beat Ana Konjuh (Q): 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-2
• Catherine McNally beat Lin Zhu (3): 7-6 (3), 6-7 (5), 6-1
• Ysaline Bonaventure beat Simona Waltert (WC): 4-6, 7-5, 6-1