Charleston Open: Gracheva moves into second round
Varvara Gracheva beat Clervie Ngounoue 6-2, 6-1 on Monday night and will face No 11 seed Elise Mertens in the next round
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French qualifier Varvara Gracheva reached the second round of the Charleston Open by beating American wildcard Clervie Ngounoue 6-2, 6-1 at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Monday.
Gracheva, ranked No 100, will face No 11 seed Elise Mertens next.
Charleston WTA 500, other first-round results (Family Circle Tennis Center, clay, USD 922.573, most recent results first):
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Gabriela Lee
- Danielle Collins vs. Paula Badosa
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Kayla Day
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Ana Bogdan
- Magdalena Frech vs. Sloane Stephens
- Arina Rodionova vs. Astra Sharma
- Taylor Townsend vs. Sofia Kenin
- Shelby Rogers (WC) beat Claire Liu (Q): 6-1, 6-1
- Katie Volynets (Q) beat Arantxa Rus: 6-2, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (6)
- Amanda Anisimova beat Alize Cornet: 6-3, 6-0
- Jaqueline Cristian beat Sachia Vickery (Q): 6-1, 6-4
- Caroline Wozniacki (WC) beat Mccartney Kessler (LL): 6-0, 6-1
- Daria Saville (Q) beat Tamara Korpatsch: 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
- Viktoriya Tomova beat Mayar Sherif: 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
- Magda Linette beat Petra Martic: 6-3, 6-4
