WTA Cincinnati: Wozniacki into second round to face Pavlyuchenkova
The former world No 1 won against Anhelina Kalinina 6-2, 6-4 in the first round on Wednesday

Danish wildcard Caroline Wozniacki defeated Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina 6-2, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati on Wednesday.
Wozniacki, ranked No 84, will play Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova next at the Lindner Family Tennis Center. The Dane leads the head-to-head between the players 7-1. Pavlyuchenkova’s only win over Wozniacki came in Cincinnati in 2012.
Cincinnati WTA 1000, other first-round matches (Lindner Family Tennis Center, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (17): 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Karolina Muchova beat Dayana Yastremska: 7-6 (6), 6-2
- Mirra Andreeva beat Emma Navarro (11): 6-2, 6-2
- Liudmila Samsonova (10) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-4, 6-4
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (LL) beat Lucia Bronzetti (LL): 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (1)
- Taylor Townsend (Q) beat Caroline Dolehide (WC): 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7)
- Leylah Fernandez beat Yue Yuan: 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Anna Kalinskaya (13) beat Katerina Siniakova: 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Paula Badosa beat Peyton Stearns (WC): 6-2, 7-5
- Diana Shnaider beat Shuai Zhang: 6-1, 6-4
- Elina Avanesyan (LL) beat Bianca Andreescu (WC): 6-4, 7-5
- Yulia Putintseva beat Harriet Dart (Q): 4-6, 6-0, 6-1
- Anastasia Potapova beat Clara Burel: 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
- Magda Linette beat Katie Boulter: 2-6, 6-0, 7-5
- Elina Svitolina beat Yafan Wang (Q): 5-7, 6-3, 6-2
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Robin Montgomery (Q): 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
- Daria Kasatkina (9) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova: 6-4, 6-2
- Ashlyn Krueger (Q) beat Donna Vekic (16): 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-2
- Lulu Sun (Q) beat Linda Noskova: 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Marta Kostyuk (15) beat Elise Mertens: 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
- Karolina Pliskova beat Viktoriya Tomova: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3)
- Varvara Gracheva (Q) beat Ajla Tomljanovic: 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5)
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Magdalena Frech
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