Mérida Open: Cocciaretto books spot in quarter-finals

Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto, the No 7 seed, moved into the last 8 of the Mérida Open by winning against Chinese Xinyu Wang 6-4, 6-2 at the Yucatan Country Club on Wednesday night.

Cocciaretto, ranked No 54, will face the winner of the match between Belgian Ysaline Bonaventure and Czech Katerina Siniakova, the No 4 seed, next.

In the previous round, the 22-year-old Italian defeated Swiss Viktorija Golubic (6-0, 6-3).

Wang, ranked No 67, won against Russian qualifier Elina Avanesyan (1-6, 6-2, 6-3).

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

• Ysaline Bonaventure vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Sloane Stephens
• Magda Linette vs. Panna Udvardy
• Rebecca Peterson vs. Alycia Parks
• Camila Giorgi beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Catherine McNally beat Katie Volynets (WC): 6-3, 6-0
• Kimberly Birrell (Q) beat Xiyu Wang: 6-3, 6-2