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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July 30, 2024

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S. StephensvsA. Anisimova

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

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