WTA Toronto: Kalinskaya beats Chirico to advance to second round

Russian Anna Kalinskaya, the No 10 seed, beat American qualifier Louisa Chirico 6-2, 6-3 to move into the second round of the WTA National Bank Open at the Aviva Centre in Toronto on Tuesday.

Kalinskaya, ranked No 17, will face Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko next. This was the Russian’s first match on the tour since pulling out of Wimbledon during her fourth-round clash against Elena Rybakina due to injury.

Toronto WTA 1000, other first-round matches (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 3,211,715):

• Lesia Tsurenko beat Bianca Andreescu (WC): 0-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Taylor Townsend (LL) beat Dayana Yastremska (16): 6-3, 3-1 ret.
• Karolina Pliskova beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-4, 7-6 (10)
• Victoria Azarenka (12) beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: 6-2, 6-2
• Yafan Wang (Q) beat Sofia Kenin: 7-5, 7-6 (3)
• Elina Svitolina beat Shelby Rogers: 6-0, 6-2
• Moyuka Uchijima (Q) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Magdalena Frech beat Anastasia Potapova: 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
• Marta Kostyuk (11) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-0, 6-2

• Shuai Zhang vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Bernarda Pera vs. Katie Boulter
• Cristina Bucsa vs. Yue Yuan
• Magda Linette vs. Rebecca Marino
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Ons Jabeur vs. Naomi Osaka
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Erika Andreeva vs. Marina Stakusic
• Anna Blinkova vs. Peyton Stearns
• Harriet Dart vs. Diana Shnaider
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Paula Badosa vs. Clara Tauson
• Elise Mertens vs. Katie Volynets
• Greet Minnen vs. Sloane Stephens

You might also like this

Rybakina through to Wimbledon quarter-finals after Kalinskaya retirement

tennis majors

Anna Kalinskaya’s banner 2024 continues – she’s into the round of 16 at Wimbledon

tennis majors

WTA Rankings: Kalinskaya cracks top 20 for first time in her career

tennis majors

WTA Toronto: Tsurenko scores fourth consecutive win over Andreescu to reach second round

tennis majors