San Diego Open: Kasatkina into second round, brushing Leylah Fernandez
Daria Kasatkina beat Leylah Fernandez 6-2, 6-2 on Tuesday night and will play American Madison Keys in the next round
Daria Kasatkina | © ZM / Panoramic
Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 8 seed, defeated Canadian wildcard Leylah Fernandez 6-2, 6-2 to reach the second round of the San Diego Open at the Barnes Tennis Centre on Tuesday night.
Kasatkina, ranked No 11, will face American Madison Keys next.
San Diego WTA 500, other first-round matches (Barnes Tennis Centre, hard, USD 757.900, most recent results first):
- Robin Montgomery vs. Coco Gauff
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Garbine Muguruza
- Sloane Stephens (WC) beat Jil Teichmann (LL): 6-1, 7-6 (2)
- Karolina Pliskova beat Caroline Dolehide (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Donna Vekic (Q) beat Maria Sakkari (5): 7-6 (3), 6-1
- Bianca Andreescu beat Liudmila Samsonova: 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-2
- Danielle Collins beat Caroline Garcia (7): 6-2, 7-6 (4)
- Coco Vandeweghe (WC) beat Sofia Kenin: 6-1, 1-6, 6-4
- Martina Trevisan beat Camila Osorio (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Louisa Chirico (Q) beat Alison Riske-Amritraj: 1-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5)
- Madison Keys beat Ellen Perez (Q): 6-1, 6-4
