Washington Open: Bouzkova knocks out Kessler to make second round

Marie Bouzkova won against American qualifier McCartney Kessler 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 to reach the second round of the Washington Open at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center.

Bouzkova, ranked No 43, will face American Taylor Townsend 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: tuesday
• Taylor Townsend beat Anastasia Potapova (9): 6-2, 6-2
• Kamilla Rakhimova (Q) beat Katie Volynets: 6-4, 6-3
• 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