Charleston Open: Kenin books spot in second round

Sofia Kenin reached the second round of the Charleston Open by beating Bernarda Pera 6-3, 6-4 at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Tuesday evening.

Kenin, ranked No 44, will face No 17 seed Belinda Bencic next.

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

• Olivia Gadecki vs. Hailey Baptiste
• Shuai Zhang vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Louisa Chirico vs. Erika Andreeva: tuesday
• Ann Li vs. Anna Blinkova: tuesday
• Lauren Davis (WC) beat Jamie Loeb (Q): 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
• Maria Sakkari beat Marina Stakusic (WC): 6-3, 6-2
• Iryna Shymanovich (Q) beat Heather Watson (WC): 7-6 (8), 6-4
• 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