Russian tennis player Varvara Gracheva (89th in the WTA rankings) was unable to get into the third round of the WTA-250 category tournament, which takes place in Merida (Mexico). Varvara lost in the qualifying final, but got into the main draw as a lucky loser.
In the second round, Gracheva met with the US representative Sloan Stevens (41st in the ranking). The match lasted 2 hours and 45 minutes and ended with the victory of the American in three sets with a score of 5:7, 6:2, 7:6 (7:5).
Gracheva completed one ace, made two double faults and converted four out of nine break points earned (44%). Stevens has one ace, two double faults and five break points converted out of 13.
In the next round, Stevens will play Italy’s Camila Giorgi, who beat Spain’s Nuria Parrizas-Díaz in the second round.