Washington Open: Kenin advances to second round

No 6 seed Sofia Kenin won against Hailey Baptiste 6-3, 7-6 (4) to move into the second round of the Washington Open at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center on Tuesday evening.

Kenin, ranked No 26, will play American qualifier Taylor Townsend next.

Washington WTA 500, other first-round results (William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, hard, USD 1.282.951, most recent results first):

• Venus Williams vs. Peyton Stearns : later today
• Naomi Osaka vs. Yulia Putintseva : later today
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Emma Raducanu : later today
• Anna Kalinskaya beat Kamilla Rakhimova (Q): 6-2, 6-3
• Caroline Dolehide (Q) beat McCartney Kessler: 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-3
• Taylor Townsend beat Tatjana Maria: 6-4, 7-5
• Magda Linette (8) beat Danielle Collins: 7-5, 6-4
• Magdalena Frech (5) beat Yuliia Starodubtseva (Q): 6-2, 6-4
• Maria Sakkari (WC) beat Katie Boulter: 6-3, 6-4
• Leylah Fernandez beat Maya Joint: 6-3, 6-3
• Victoria Mboko (WC) beat Anastasia Potapova: 6-2, 6-4