San Jose Open: Townsend books spot in second round against Kasatkina, first WTA win since February 2020

American qualifier Taylor Townsend won against Australian qualifier Storm Sanders 6-1, 6-4 to move into the second round of the San Jose Open at San Jose State University Tennis Center on Monday night.

Townsend, ranked No 316, will play the winner of the match between Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 7 seed, who defeated Kazakh and Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina.

San Jose WTA 500, other first-round matches (San Jose State University Tennis Center, hard, USD 757.900, most recent results first):

• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Claire Liu
• Coco Gauff vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Shuai Zhang vs. Madison Keys
• Naomi Osaka vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Shelby Rogers vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Camila Giorgi vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Kayla Day vs. Caroline Dolehide
• Elizabeth Mandlik vs. Alison Riske-Amritraj
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Elena Rybakina
• Karolina Pliskova (8) beat Katie Boulter (WC): 1-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Amanda Anisimova beat Ashlyn Krueger (WC): 6-2, 7-6 (5)