Petra Martic advances to second round in Montreal, Sabalenka next

Croat Petra Martic won against Spanish lucky loser Cristina Bucsa 6-0, 6-4 to move into the second round of the Canadian Open at Stade IGA in Montreal on Tuesday night.

Martic, ranked No 35, will play second seed Aryna Sabalenka next.

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Tennis Majors

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

• Marketa Vondrousova (9) beat Mayar Sherif: 6-4, 6-2
• Qinwen Zheng beat Marta Kostyuk: 6-2, 1-6, 6-3
• Anna Blinkova beat Shuai Zhang: 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Leylah Fernandez (WC) beat Peyton Stearns (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (11) beat Magdalena Frech (LL): 6-4, 6-2
• Yulia Putintseva (LL) beat Bernarda Pera: 6-3, 6-4
• Karolina Muchova (14) beat Anastasia Potapova: 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Daria Kasatkina (10) beat Elise Mertens: 6-4, 6-2
• Caroline Wozniacki (WC) beat Kimberly Birrell (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Liudmila Samsonova (15) beat Katerina Siniakova: 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Danielle Collins (Q) beat Elina Svitolina: 6-2, 6-2
• Alycia Parks (Q) beat Lauren Davis: 7-5, 4-6, 6-2
• Katie Boulter (Q) beat Rebecca Marino (WC): 6-3, 6-1
• Sloane Stephens beat Anhelina Kalinina: 6-4, 7-6 (2)
• Jennifer Brady beat Jelena Ostapenko: 7-6 (7), 0-6, 7-6 (8)
• Madison Keys (13) beat Venus Williams (WC): 6-2, 7-5
• Belinda Bencic (12) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-2, 6-3
• Sorana Cirstea beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• 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
• Camila Giorgi vs. Bianca Andreescu