US Open: Potapova edges Fernandez in first round

Russian Anastasia Potapova edged out Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 23 seed, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 to advance to the second round of the US Open in New York on Tuesday evening.

Potapova, ranked No 38, will play American qualifier Varvara Lepchenko next.

New York (Grand Slam), other first-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 75.000.000, most recent results first):

• Shelby Rogers vs. Jessica Pegula
• Emma Raducanu vs. Sofia Kenin
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Linda Noskova: tuesday
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Elina Avanesyan: tuesday
• Eva Lys vs. Marie Bouzkova: tuesday
• Qiang Wang vs. Liudmila Samsonova: tuesday
• Diana Shnaider (18) beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-0, 6-1
• Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Alexa Noel (WC): 6-1, 6-3
• Karolina Pliskova beat Mayar Sherif: 6-3, 0-6, 7-5
• Varvara Lepchenko beat Brenda Fruhvirtova: 2-1 ret.
• Clara Tauson beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: 1-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Xinyu Wang beat Arina Rodionova (Q): 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
• Anna Bondar beat Bernarda Pera: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
• Elena Rybakina (4) beat Destanee Aiava (Q): 6-1, 7-6 (1)
• Anna Kalinskaya (15) beat Lauren Davis: 6-2, 6-2
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro beat Petra Martic: 6-3, 6-0
• Renata Zarazua beat Caroline Garcia (28): 6-1, 6-4
• Naomi Osaka (WC) beat Jelena Ostapenko (10): 6-3, 6-2
• Caroline Wozniacki beat Nao Hibino (Q): 6-0, 6-1
• Mirra Andreeva (21) beat Camila Osorio: 6-2, 7-6 (4)
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Kateryna Baindl: 6-3, 6-0
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Kamilla Rakhimova (LL): 6-4, 7-6 (6)
• Ashlyn Krueger beat Shuai Zhang: 0-6, 6-1, 7-5
• Jessika Ponchet (Q) beat Saisai Zheng: 6-4, 6-1
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (25) beat Taylah Preston (WC): 6-2, 6-0
• Karolina Muchova beat Katie Volynets: 6-3, 7-5
• Sara Errani beat Cristina Bucsa: 3-6, 6-0, 6-4
• Caroline Dolehide beat Danielle Collins (11): 1-6, 7-5, 6-4
• Ena Shibahara (Q) beat Daria Saville: 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (6)
• Katie Boulter (31) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Q): 5-7, 6-2, 6-1
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Priscilla Hon (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Lucia Bronzetti beat Lulu Sun: 6-3 ret.
• Ekaterina Alexandrova (29) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-7 (4), 6-0, 7-5
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q) beat Julia Grabher: 6-2, 6-4
• Harriet Dart beat Chloe Paquet (WC): 6-1, 6-2
• Clara Burel beat Sloane Stephens: 0-6, 7-5, 7-5
• Victoria Azarenka (20) beat Yulia Starodubtseva (Q): 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
• Emma Navarro (13) beat Anna Blinkova: 6-1, 6-1
• Barbora Krejcikova (8) beat Marina Bassols Ribera (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-2
• Iva Jovic (WC) beat Magda Linette: 6-4, 6-3
• Marta Kostyuk (19) beat McCartney Kessler (WC): 6-2, 6-3
• Arantxa Rus beat Ana Bogdan: 6-4, 7-6 (5)
• Ajla Tomljanovic beat Ann Li (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Madison Keys (14) beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-4, 6-1
• Elise Mertens (33) beat Veronika Kudermetova: 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Taylor Townsend beat Martina Trevisan: 6-2, 7-5
• Peyton Stearns beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-1, 7-5
• Moyuka Uchijima beat Tamara Korpatsch: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Maya Joint (Q) beat Laura Siegemund: 6-4, 7-5
• Coco Gauff (3) beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-2, 6-0
• Tatjana Maria beat Solana Sierra (Q): 6-2, 6-3
• Paula Badosa (26) beat Viktorija Golubic: 6-0, 6-3
• Anhelina Kalinina beat Oceane Dodin: 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
• Greet Minnen beat Magdalena Frech: 7-5, 7-5
• Erika Andreeva beat Yue Yuan: 6-3, 7-6 (7)
• Donna Vekic (24) beat Kimberly Birrell (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Jule Niemeier beat Dayana Yastremska (32): 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-4
• Qinwen Zheng (7) beat Amanda Anisimova (WC): 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Elina Svitolina (27) beat Maria Lourdes Carle: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Yafan Wang beat Maria Sakkari (9): 6-2 ret.
• Diane Parry beat Xiyu Wang: 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5)
• Daria Kasatkina (12) beat Jaqueline Cristian: 6-2, 6-4