Armenian Elina Avanesyan defeated Italian wildcard Elisabetta Cocciaretto 7-6 (6), 6-1 in the first round of the Monterrey Open at Sonoma Club on Tuesday night.
Avanesyan, who is ranked No. 51, will face No. 5 seed Elina Svitolina in the second round.
Other first-round results of the Monterrey WTA 500 (Sonoma Club, hard, USD 922,573, with most recent results listed first):
- Magdalena Frech vs. Nadia Podoroska
- Xiyu Wang vs. Tatjana Maria
- Aleksandra Krunic vs. Yue Yuan
- Victoria Rodriguez vs. Renata Zarazua
- Linda Noskova vs. Anna Danilina
- Carol Zhao vs. Petra Martic
- Camila Osorio defeated Ajla Tomljanovic: 6-2, 7-6 (3)
- Lulu Sun defeated Chloe Paquet: 7-6 (3), 6-3
- Lina Glushko (LL) defeated Kateryna Volodko (Q): 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
- Maria Lourdes Carle defeated Veronika Kudermetova (8): 1-6, 7-5, 6-4
- Erika Andreeva defeated Anhelina Kalinina: 6-1, 6-4
