Wednesday
At the Yucatan Country Club
Merida, Mexico
Grant: $259,303
Surface: outdoor hard surface
MERIDA, MEXICO (AP) _ Merida Open Akron results Wednesday at Yucatan Country Club (seeding in parentheses):
Ladies singles
Round of 16
Kimberly Birrell, Australia, def. Wang Xiyu, China, 6-3, 6-2.
Caty McNally, USA, def. Katie Volynets, USA, 6-3, 6-0.
Camila Giorgi, Italy, def. Nuria Parrizas Diaz, Spain, 7-6 (5), 6-2.
Ladies’ Doubles
Round of 16
Despina Papamichail, Greece, and Simona Waltert, Switzerland, def. Rosalie Van Der Hoek, Netherlands, and Ingrid Neel, USA, 6-2, 2-6, 10-5.
Natela Dzalamidze and Kamilla Rakhimova, Russia, def. Mayar Sherif, Egypt, and Lucia Bronzetti, Italy, 6-1, 6-3.