Washington Open: Rakhimova through to second round to face Sabalenka

Russian qualifier Kamilla Rakhimova advanced to the second round of the Washington Open by defeating American Katie Volynets 6-4, 6-3 at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center on Tuesday.

Rakhimova, ranked No 105, will play top seed Aryna Sabalenka next.

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Washington WTA 500, other first-round matches (William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, hard, USD 922,573):

• Amanda Anisimova (Q) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-3, 7-5
• Emma Raducanu (WC) beat Elise Mertens (8): 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
• 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 (7) beat Ashlyn Krueger: 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
• 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