Canadian Open: Cirstea moves into second round

Romanian Sorana Cirstea advanced to the second round of the Canadian Open by winning against Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva 6-4, 7-6 (3) at Stade IGA in Montreal on Monday.

Cirstea, ranked No 31, will face the winner of the match between Russian Anastasia Potapova and No 14 seed Karolina Muchova next.

Punching their ticket on Day 1 ✍️

[16] Azarenka d. Linette
Pliskova d. Zhu
Paolini d. Vekic
[12] Bencic d. Bronzetti
Cirstea d. Gracheva
Bouzkova d. Day#OBN23 pic.twitter.com/wJY1GLZbof

— wta (@WTA) August 8, 2023

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Tennis Majors

Montreal WTA 1000, other first round matches (Stade IGA, hard, USD 2,788,468):

• Victoria Azarenka (16) beat Magda Linette: 6-3, 6-0
• Marie Bouzkova beat Kayla Day (Q): 7-6 (1), 6-3
• Jasmine Paolini beat Donna Vekic: 7-6 (3), 6-2
• Karolina Pliskova beat Lin Zhu: 6-3, 6-7 (8), 6-2
• Katie Boulter vs. Rebecca Marino
• Petra Martic vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Alycia Parks vs. Lauren Davis
• Camila Giorgi vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Anna Blinkova vs. Shuai Zhang
• Caroline Wozniacki vs. Kimberly Birrell
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Mayar Sherif
• Bernarda Pera vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Danielle Collins vs. Elina Svitolina
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Peyton Stearns
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Paula Badosa
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Karolina Muchova
• Elise Mertens vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Jennifer Brady vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Sloane Stephens vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Venus Williams vs. Madison Keys
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Belinda Bencic