Washington Open: Qualifier Anisimova upsets Stephens
Amanda Anisimova won against Sloane Stephens 6-3, 7-5 on Tuesday night. She’ll face Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No 7 seed, in the next round
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Qualifier Amanda Anisimova beat Sloane Stephens 6-3, 7-5 to reach the second round of the Washington Open at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center on Monday night.
Anisimova, ranked No 176, will face Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No 7 seed, next.
Washington WTA 500, other first-round results (William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, hard, USD 922.573, most recent results first):
- Paula Badosa vs. Sofia Kenin
- Clervie Ngounoue vs. Peyton Stearns
- Hailey Baptiste vs. Victoria Azarenka
- Taylor Townsend vs. Anastasia Potapova
- McCartney Kessler vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Katie Volynets vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
- Elise Mertens vs. Emma Raducanu: tuesday
- Robin Montgomery (WC) beat Shelby Rogers: 7-5, 6-3
- Yafan Wang beat Karolina Pliskova: 5-7, 6-3, 6-0
- Caroline Dolehide beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Ashlyn Krueger: 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
