Russian tennis player Alina Korneeva reached the second round of the WTA 250 tournament in Mérida, Mexico.
At the start of the competition, the 17-year-old Russian defeated American Alicia Parks with a score of 6:3, 6:1. The meeting lasted 1 hour and 10 minutes. In the next round, Korneeva’s opponent will be the winner of the match Lesya Tsurenko (Ukraine) – Anna Blinkova (Russia, 5).
In another match of the day, Russian Anastasia Tikhonova, who had reached the main draw through qualifying, lost to Swiss Gilles Teichmann.
WTA 250. Mérida Open Akron. Mérida (Mexico). Hard. Prize fund – more than 260 thousand dollars
First round
Alina Korneeva (Russia) — Alicia Parks (United States) — 6:3, 6:1
Gilles Teichmann (Switzerland) — Anastasia Tikhonova (Russia, Q) — 6:1, 6:4
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