Charleston Open: Grabher advances to second round defeating No 10 seed Shuai Zhang

Austrian Julia Grabher reached the second round of the Charleston Open by beating Chinese Shuai Zhang, the No 10 seed, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Monday evening.

Grabher, ranked No 89, will face the winner of the match between qualifier Kayla Day and qualifier Sachia Vickery next.

Charleston WTA 500, other first-round results (Family Circle Tennis Center, clay, USD 780.637, most recent results first):

• Claire Liu vs. Bernarda Pera
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Emma Navarro vs. Madison Keys
• Xiyu Wang vs. Hailey Baptiste
• Anna-Lena Friedsam vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Shelby Rogers vs. Danielle Collins
• Catherine McNally vs. Jule Niemeier
• Alycia Parks vs. Diana Shnaider
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Evgeniya Rodina
• Paula Badosa vs. Mayar Sherif
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Sabine Lisicki
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Sofia Kenin
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Sloane Stephens vs. Louisa Chirico
• Fiona Crawley vs. Alize Cornet
• Elina Svitolina vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Kayla Day vs. Sachia Vickery
• Lauren Davis vs. Katherine Sebov: monday
• Anna Bondar vs. Anna Blinkova: monday
• Lesia Tsurenko beat Paula Ormaechea (Q): 6-1, 6-1
• Madison Brengle beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-3, 6-4
• Irina-Camelia Begu (15) beat Dalma Galfi: 6-1, 7-5
• Linda Fruhvirtova beat Jil Teichmann (14): 6-2, 3-6, 6-2