Dow Tennis Classic: Kenin reaches second round

Wildcard Sofia Kenin defeated wild card Maria Mateas 7-5, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the Dow Tennis Classic at Greater Midland Tennis Center on Tuesday evening.

Former Australian Open champion Kenin, ranked No 253 after injury, will face the winner of the match between Canadian Carol Zhao and American Madison Brengle, the second seed, next.

Midland WTA 125, other first-round results (Greater Midland Tennis Center, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Su Jeong Jang vs. Kayla Day
• Yue Yuan vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
• Katrina Scott vs. Robin Anderson
• Eugenie Bouchard vs. Camila Osorio
• Elizabeth Mandlik vs. Gabriela Lee
• Catherine McNally vs. Alycia Parks
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Asia Muhammad vs. Peyton Stearns
• Carol Zhao vs. Madison Brengle
• Elvina Kalieva vs. Sachia Vickery: tuesday
• Magdalena Frech beat Coco Vandeweghe: 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
• Katherine Sebov (Q) beat Robin Montgomery (Q): 7-6 (6), 5-7, 6-3
• Nao Hibino beat Shuai Zhang (1): 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-3
• Lin Zhu (3) beat Louisa Chirico: 6-4, 6-4
• Ann Li beat Varvara Gracheva (6): 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3