Mérida Open: Wang books spot in second round

Chinese Xiyu Wang edged out American Alison Riske-Amritraj, the No 8 seed, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (1) to reach the second round of the Mérida Open at the Yucatan Country Club on Monday night.

Wang, ranked No 62, will play the winner of the match between Australian qualifier Kimberly Birrell and Hungarian Anna Bondar 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
• Mayar Sherif vs. Camila Giorgi: tuesday
• Katie Volynets (WC) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 4-6, 6-2, 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