Charleston Open: Qualifier Chirico edges out Andreeva

American qualifier Louisa Chirico edged out Russian Erika Andreeva 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to move into the second round of the Charleston Open at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Tuesday.

Chirico, ranked No 167, will face No 11 seed Jelena Ostapenko 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: tuesday
• Hailey Baptiste beat Olivia Gadecki: 6-2, 6-4
• Ann Li beat Anna Blinkova: 6-4, 6-3
• Sofia Kenin beat Bernarda Pera: 6-3, 6-4
• 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