Charleston Open: Sakkari into second round

Greek Maria Sakkari reached the second round of the Charleston Open by defeating Canadian wildcard Marina Stakusic 6-3, 6-2 at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Tuesday.

Sakkari, ranked No 64, will face No 3 seed Qinwen Zheng next.

Charleston WTA 500, other first-round results (Family Circle Tennis Center, clay, USD 1.064.510, most recent results first):

• Shuai Zhang vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Olivia Gadecki vs. Hailey Baptiste
• Ann Li vs. Anna Blinkova
• Louisa Chirico vs. Erika Andreeva
• Sofia Kenin vs. Bernarda Pera: tuesday
• Lauren Davis vs. Jamie Loeb: tuesday
• Heather Watson vs. Iryna Shymanovich: tuesday
• Ajla Tomljanovic beat Kyoka Okamura (LL): 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Veronika Kudermetova beat Maria Mateas (WC): 6-0, 6-2
• Polina Kudermetova beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 6-3, 6-4
• Catherine McNally (Q) beat Anhelina Kalinina: 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Katie Volynets beat Katherine Sebov (Q): 6-0, 6-0
• Caroline Dolehide beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-4, 6-1
• Varvara Gracheva beat Harriet Dart: 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
• Robin Montgomery beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-1, 6-3