Canadian Open: Paolini sees off Vekic in straight sets

Italian Jasmine Paolini advanced to the second round of the Canadian Open by winning against Croat Donna Vekic 7-6 (3), 6-2 at Stade IGA in Montreal on Monday afternoon.

Paolini, ranked No 50, will play the winner of the match between wildcard Venus Williams and No 13 seed Madison Keys next.

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Tennis Majors

Montreal WTA 1000, other round of 64 matches (Stade IGA, hard, USD 2,788,468):

• Alycia Parks vs. Lauren Davis
• Katie Boulter vs. Rebecca Marino
• Petra Martic vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Katerina Siniakova
• 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
• Venus Williams vs. Madison Keys
• Sloane Stephens vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Jennifer Brady vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Belinda Bencic
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Magda Linette
• Kayla Day vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Lin Zhu vs. Karolina Pliskova