Singapore Open: Baptiste fights back to beat Zarazua and reach second round

American Hailey Baptiste moved into the second round of the Singapore Open by beating Mexican Renata Zarazua 2-6, 6-0, 6-3 at the Kallang Tennis Hub.

Baptiste, ranked No 93, will face Australian wildcard Kimberly Birrell next.

Singapore WTA 250, other first-round results (Kallang Tennis Hub, USD 275.094, most recent results first):

• Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Tatjana Maria
• Taylor Townsend vs. Elise Mertens
• Jil Teichmann vs. Harriet Dart
• Rebecca Marino vs. Xinyu Wang
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Olivia Gadecki
• Maria Timofeeva vs. Xiyu Wang: tuesday
• Kimberly Birrell beat Polina Kudermetova (5): 6-3, 6-2
• Simona Waltert (Q) beat Ajla Tomljanovic: 6-2, 6-3
• Dominika Salkova (Q) beat Erika Andreeva: 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Anna Kalinskaya (1) beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
• Mananchaya Sawangkaew (Q) beat Sijia Wei (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (2)
• Cristina Bucsa beat Emma Raducanu (7): 5-7, 7-5, 7-5
• Maya Joint (Q) beat Alycia Parks: 4-6, 6-1, 7-5
• Ann Li beat Daria Saville: 6-3, 6-1
• Camila Osorio (6) beat Bernarda Pera: 6-1, 6-7, 6-3