Cleveland Open: Kenin moves into second round
Sofia Kenin edged out Katie Volynets 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 on Tuesday night. She’ll play Frenchwoman Clara Burel in the next round
Sofian Kenin, Italian Open, 2024 Zuma / Panoramic
No 8 seed Sofia Kenin advanced to the second round of the Cleveland Open by edging out Katie Volynets 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 at Jacobs Pavilion on Tuesday night.
Kenin, ranked No 55, will play Frenchwoman Clara Burel next.
Cleveland WTA 250, other first-round results (Jacobs Pavilion, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Viktorija Golubic
- Ana Bogdan vs. Leylah Fernandez
- Greet Minnen vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Moyuka Uchijima vs. Peyton Stearns
- Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Yafan Wang
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Varvara Gracheva
- Katerina Siniakova vs. Sayaka Ishii
- Viktoriya Tomova (7) beat Lauren Davis (WC): 6-1, 6-4
- Cristina Bucsa beat Martina Trevisan: 6-2, 6-4
- Clara Tauson beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
- McCartney Kessler (WC) beat Katrina Scott (WC): 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
- Clara Burel beat Elvina Kalieva (LL): 6-3, 6-2
- Anastasia Potapova (5) beat Diane Parry: 6-3, 6-2
- Xinyu Wang (4) beat Anna Blinkova: 6-1, 6-1
- Arantxa Rus beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-3, 7-6 (4)
