Mérida Open: Zarazua reaches second round

Mexican Renata Zarazua, the top seed, moved into the second round of the Mérida Open by defeating American wildcard Akasha Urhobo 7-5, 6-2 at the Yucatan Country Club on Wednesday evening.

Zarazua, ranked No 62, will play Pole qualifier Maja Chwalinska next.

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

• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Anna Blinkova: wednesday
• 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 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)