Cleveland Open: Wang races past Blinkova

Chinese Xinyu Wang, the No 4 seed, moved into the second round of the Cleveland Open by beating Russian Anna Blinkova 6-1, 6-1 at Jacobs Pavilion on Monday.

Wang, ranked No 39, will face the winner of the match between wildcard Katrina Scott and wildcard McCartney Kessler 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
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Clara Tauson
• Katrina Scott vs. McCartney Kessler
• Clara Burel vs. Elvina Kalieva
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Diane Parry: monday
• Arantxa Rus vs. Lucia Bronzetti: monday