Cleveland Open: Kessler reaches second round
McCartney Kessler edged out Katrina Scott 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 on Monday and will face Chinese Xinyu Wang, the No 4 seed, in the next round

Wildcard McCartney Kessler edged out wildcard Katrina Scott 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 to move into the second round of the Cleveland Open at Jacobs Pavilion on Monday.
Kessler, ranked No 100, will play Chinese Xinyu Wang, the No 4 seed, next.
Cleveland WTA 250, other first-round results (Jacobs Pavilion, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- 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
- Katie Volynets vs. Sofia Kenin
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Viktorija Golubic
- Viktoriya Tomova vs. Lauren Davis
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Martina Trevisan: monday
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Clara Tauson: monday
- Clara Burel beat Elvina Kalieva (LL): 6-3, 6-2
- Anastasia Potapova (5) beat Diane Parry: 6-3, 6-2
- Xinyu Wang beat Anna Blinkova: 6-1, 6-1
- Arantxa Rus beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-3, 7-6 (4)