Cleveland Open: Kenin moves into second round

No 8 seed Sofia Kenin advanced to the second round of the Cleveland Open by edging out Katie Volynets 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 at Jacobs Pavilion on Tuesday night.

Kenin, ranked No 55, will play Frenchwoman Clara Burel next.

Cleveland WTA 250, other first-round results (Jacobs Pavilion, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Viktorija Golubic
• Ana Bogdan vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Greet Minnen vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Peyton Stearns
• Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Yafan Wang
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Sayaka Ishii
• Viktoriya Tomova (7) beat Lauren Davis (WC): 6-1, 6-4
• Cristina Bucsa beat Martina Trevisan: 6-2, 6-4
• Clara Tauson beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
• McCartney Kessler (WC) beat Katrina Scott (WC): 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
• Clara Burel beat Elvina Kalieva (LL): 6-3, 6-2
• Anastasia Potapova (5) beat Diane Parry: 6-3, 6-2
• Xinyu Wang (4) beat Anna Blinkova: 6-1, 6-1
• Arantxa Rus beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-3, 7-6 (4)