Madrid Open: Stearns through to second round

American Peyton Stearns advanced to the second round of the Madrid Open by edging out Australian Kimberly Birrell 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 at the Caja Mágica on Tuesday evening.

Stearns, ranked No 44, will face No 15 seed Amanda Anisimova next.

Madrid WTA 1000, other first-round results (Caja Mágica, clay, EUR 7.854.000, most recent results first):

• McCartney Kessler vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Sonay Kartal
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Olga Danilovic
• Eva Lys vs. Teodora Kostovic
• Francesca Jones vs. Dayana Yastremska
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Robin Montgomery
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Polina Kudermetova
• Suzan Lamens vs. Emma Raducanu
• Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Rebeka Masarova
• Anna Blinkova vs. Panna Udvardy
• Belinda Bencic vs. Zeynep Sonmez
• Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Rebecca Sramkova
• Bernarda Pera vs. Jana Fett
• Xinyu Wang vs. Maria Sakkari
• Alycia Parks vs. Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva
• Anastasija Sevastova vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Katie Volynets vs. Petra Kvitova
• Maya Joint vs. Carlota Martinez Cirez
• Diane Parry vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Ann Li
• Camila Osorio beat Emiliana Arango (WC): 6-3, 6-3
• Lulu Sun beat Varvara Gracheva: 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Katie Boulter beat Katerina Siniakova: 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
• Hailey Baptiste (WC) beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (4)
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro beat Mayar Sherif: 6-3, 6-1
• Marie Bouzkova beat Renata Zarazua: 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
• Lucia Bronzetti beat Naomi Osaka: 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
• Alexandra Eala (WC) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-3, 6-2
• Caroline Dolehide beat Elina Avanesyan: 6-4, 6-4