Brisbane Open: Kessler makes second round

American McCartney Kessler moved into the second round of the Brisbane Open by beating Pole Magda Linette 6-4, 6-4 at the Queensland Tennis Centre on Sunday night.

Kessler, ranked No 67, will play No 15 seed Yulia Putintseva next.

Brisbane WTA 500, other first-round results (Queensland Tennis Centre, hard, USD 1.520.600, most recent results first):

• Ons Jabeur beat Saisai Zheng: 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Anastasia Potapova beat Ana Bogdan (Q): 2-6, 6-4, 2-0 ret.
• Yue Yuan beat Arantxa Rus: 6-2, 6-4
• Anca Todoni (Q) beat Cristina Bucsa: 7-6 (3), 6-2
• Polina Kudermetova (Q) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-1, 6-3
• Anhelina Kalinina beat Yafan Wang: 6-4, 2-0 ret.
• Peyton Stearns beat Veronika Kudermetova: 6-2, 6-3
• Kimberly Birrell (WC) beat Priscilla Hon (Q): 3-6, 7-5, 6-2
• Marie Bouzkova beat Talia Gibson (WC): 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-3
• Anna Blinkova beat Sara Bejlek (Q): 6-1, 7-6 (5)
• Elina Avanesyan beat Rebecca Sramkova: 1-6, 6-2, 6-2
• Renata Zarazua beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-0, 6-3
• Maya Joint (WC) beat Maddison Inglis (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Suzan Lamens beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 6-2, 6-4
• Ashlyn Krueger beat Moyuka Uchijima: 6-3, 1-6, 6-3