Mérida Open: Giorgi moves into second round

Italian Camila Giorgi beat Egyptian Mayar Sherif, the No 6 seed, 6-4, 6-2 to reach the second round of the Mérida Open at the Yucatan Country Club on Monday night.

Giorgi, ranked No 68, will face Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz 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
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Viktorija Golubic
• Kimberly Birrell vs. Anna Bondar: tuesday
• 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