Charleston Open: Shymanovich reaches second round

Belarusian qualifier Iryna Shymanovich won against wildcard Heather Watson 7-6 (8), 6-4 to advance to the second round of the Charleston Open at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Tuesday.

Shymanovich, ranked No 215, will play top seed Jessica Pegula next.

Charleston WTA 500, other first-round results (Family Circle Tennis Center, clay, USD 1.064.510, most recent results first):

• Olivia Gadecki vs. Hailey Baptiste
• Shuai Zhang vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Louisa Chirico vs. Erika Andreeva
• Ann Li vs. Anna Blinkova
• Sofia Kenin beat Bernarda Pera: 6-3, 6-4
• Lauren Davis (WC) beat Jamie Loeb (Q): 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
• Maria Sakkari beat Marina Stakusic (WC): 6-3, 6-2
• Ajla Tomljanovic beat Kyoka Okamura (LL): 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Veronika Kudermetova beat Maria Mateas (WC): 6-0, 6-2
• Polina Kudermetova beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 6-3, 6-4
• Catherine McNally (Q) beat Anhelina Kalinina: 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Katie Volynets beat Katherine Sebov (Q): 6-0, 6-0
• Caroline Dolehide beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-4, 6-1
• Varvara Gracheva beat Harriet Dart: 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
• Robin Montgomery beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-1, 6-3

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