Osaka Open: Tauson beats Volynets to make second round

Dane Clara Tauson moved into the second round of the Osaka Open by winning against American Katie Volynets 6-1, 6-4 at the Utsubo Tennis Center on Monday.

Tauson, ranked No 62, will play the winner of the match between German qualifier Laura Siegemund and Harriet Dart next.

Osaka WTA 250, other first-round results (Utsubo Tennis Center, hard, USD 267.080, most recent results first):

• Laura Siegemund vs. Harriet Dart
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Greet Minnen
• Diane Parry vs. Erika Andreeva
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Ana Bogdan vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Sara Saito
• Kimberly Birrell vs. Saisai Zheng
• Elise Mertens vs. Mai Hontama
• Magdalena Frech vs. Camila Osorio
• Jessika Ponchet vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Sofia Kenin vs. Aoi Ito
• McCartney Kessler vs. Ena Shibahara
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Cristina Bucsa: monday
• Suzan Lamens (Q) beat Viktoriya Tomova (6): 6-1, 6-2