Charleston Open: McNally books spot in second round defeating Niemeier

American Catherine McNally won against German Jule Niemeier 6-4, 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Charleston Open at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Tuesday.

McNally, ranked No 71, will face the winner of the match between Shelby Rogers and No 13 seed Danielle Collins next.

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

• Shelby Rogers vs. Danielle Collins
• Xiyu Wang vs. Hailey Baptiste
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Evgeniya Rodina
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Sofia Kenin
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Cristina Bucsa: tuesday
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Sabine Lisicki: tuesday
• Madison Keys (9) beat Emma Navarro (WC): 6-4, 6-3
• Bernarda Pera beat Claire Liu: 6-4, 6-7 (1), 6-3
• Varvara Gracheva beat Anna-Lena Friedsam (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-2
• Diana Shnaider beat Alycia Parks: 6-4, 6-3
• Paula Badosa (12) beat Mayar Sherif: 6-3, 6-1
• Sloane Stephens beat Louisa Chirico (Q): 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Anna Kalinskaya beat Anhelina Kalinina (11): 7-6 (6), 6-4
• Yulia Putintseva beat Elina Svitolina (WC): 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-4
• Sachia Vickery (Q) beat Kayla Day (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Alize Cornet beat Fiona Crawley (WC): 6-0, 6-2
• Katherine Sebov (Q) beat Lauren Davis: 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Julia Grabher beat Shuai Zhang (10): 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
• Anna Blinkova beat Anna Bondar: 7-6 (7), 6-2
• 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