Tampico Open: Baptiste reaches second round

Hailey Baptiste edged out Katrina Scott 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-4 to reach the second round of the Tampico Open at the Centro Libanés Mexicano de Tampico on Tuesday night.

Baptiste, ranked No 136, will face the winner of the match between American Katie Volynets, the No 7 seed, and Mexican wildcard Ana Sofia Sanchez next.

Tampico WTA 125, other first-round results (Centro Libanés Mexicano de Tampico, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Whitney Osuigwe
• Jana Kolodynska vs. Varvara Lepchenko
• Panna Udvardy vs. Jessica Hinojosa Gomez
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Ashley Lahey
• Raluka Serban vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
• Katarina Kozarov vs. Carole Monnet
• Renata Zarazua vs. Emina Bektas
• Emiliana Arango vs. Daniela Martinez Guerrero
• Katie Volynets vs. Ana Sofia Sanchez
• Daniela Schekaiban vs. Anastasia Tikhonova
• Fernanda Contreras Gomez vs. Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva: tuesday
• Ann Li beat Heather Watson: 4-6, 6-1, 6-3
• Anna Kalinskaya (4) beat Jessie Aney (Q): 6-1, 6-1
• Elizabeth Mandlik beat Peyton Stearns (2): 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
• Victoria Rodriguez (WC) beat Alina Zolotareva (LL): 6-3, 6-2