Tennis: Zhao, Guarachi advance to main draw at Sanchez-Casal

Daily News staff

No. 1 seed Carol Zhao and No. 2 Alexa Guarachi advanced to the singles main draw at the second Women's Pro Circuit tournament at Academia Sanchez-Casal on Tuesday..


Zhao won 7-5, 6-2 over No. 16 Mara Schmidt. Guarachi beat Maileen Nuudi, 4-6, 7-6 (1), 6-3.

In other singles qualifying matches, No. 10 Emiliana Arango topped No. 3 Julieta Lara Estable, 6-2, 6-0. No. 12 Amy Zhu defeated No. 4 Ana Sofia Sanchez, 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-2. No. 6 Yuki Kristina Chiang won 6-3, 2-6, 6-0 over Hailey Baptiste. No. 8 Charlotte Robillard-Millette beat Kyle McPhillips, 6-1, 6-3. No. 14 Catherine Leduc topped Eva Raszkiewicz, 6-2, 6-1. Anastasia Nefedova defeated Frances Altick, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-1.

In the first round of the singles main, No. 5 Katherine Sebov beat Kamila Kerimbayeva, 6-2, 6-2. Sabrina Santamaria topped Kaitlyn Christian, 6-3, 6-0.

In the first round of the doubles main, No. 2 Caitlin Whoriskey and Keri Wong beat Shelby Talcott and Marcela Zacarias, 6-3, 6-4. No. 3 Sophie Chang and Ulrikke Eikeri won 6-4, 6-0 over Naples' Victoria Emma and River Hart. No. 4 Emina Bektas and Guarachi defeated Madeleine Kobelt and Chiang, 3-6, 6-2 (11-9)

The remainder of the first-round singles and doubles main matches will be played Wednesday.