Charleston Open 125: Kessler moves into second round

American qualifier Mccartney Kessler reached the second round of the Charleston Open 125 by edging out Chinese Lin Zhu, the No 5 seed, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Tuesday afternoon.

Kessler, ranked No 123, will face Russian Kamilla Rakhimova next.

Charleston WTA 125K Series, other first-round results (Family Circle Tennis Center, hard, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Yanina Wickmayer vs. Sara Errani
• Arina Rodionova vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Mai Hontama vs. Yafan Wang
• Erika Andreeva vs. Clara Tauson
• Alize Cornet vs. Marina Bassols Ribera
• Nao Hibino vs. Harriet Dart: tuesday
• Dalayna Hewitt vs. Diana Shnaider: tuesday
• Jaqueline Cristian beat Olivia Gadecki (Q): 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
• Oceane Dodin beat Madison Sieg (WC): 6-3, 6-2
• Martina Trevisan (3) beat Renata Zarazua: 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Greet Minnen beat Tamara Korpatsch (8): 6-2, 6-4
• Rebeka Masarova beat Arantxa Rus (2): 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Kayla Day: 5-7, 7-5, 6-4
• Kamilla Rakhimova beat Louisa Chirico (WC): 6-4, 6-4
• Emina Bektas beat Maria Mateas (WC): 6-1, 4-6, 6-1