Auckland Open: Osaka moves into second round

Japanese Naomi Osaka, the No 7 seed, won against Israeli qualifier Lina Glushko 6-4, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Auckland Open at the ASB Tennis Arena on Monday.

Osaka, ranked No 57, will play Austrian Julia Grabher next.

Auckland WTA 250, other first-round results (ASB Tennis Arena, hard, USD 275.094, most recent results first):

• Alycia Parks vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Robin Montgomery vs. Emma Raducanu
• Vivian Yang vs. Elise Mertens
• Greet Minnen vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
• Hailey Baptiste vs. Renata Jamrichova
• Madison Keys vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Sofia Kenin vs. Xiyu Wang
• Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Katie Volynets (8) beat Erika Andreeva: 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-2

• Ann Li beat Sloane Stephens: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
• Julia Grabher beat Leyre Romero Gormaz (Q): 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7)
• Bernarda Pera beat Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (Q): 6-2, 7-5
• Rebecca Marino beat Lulu Sun (4): 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
• Nao Hibino (Q) beat Jule Niemeier: 6-3, 6-4
• Clara Tauson (5) beat Lucrezia Stefanini (Q): 6-2, 6-3

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