Charleston Open: Townsend downs Kenin in first round

Taylor Townsend won against Sofia Kenin 6-3, 6-3 to reach the second round of the Charleston Open at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Tuesday.

Townsend, ranked No 68, will play No 6 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova 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
• Sloane Stephens beat Magdalena Frech: 6-0, 6-2
• Astra Sharma (LL) beat Arina Rodionova: 6-4, 6-1
• Varvara Gracheva (Q) beat Clervie Ngounoue (WC): 6-2, 6-1
• 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