Cleveland Open: Wang races past Blinkova
Xinyu Wang won against Anna Blinkova 6-1, 6-1 on Monday. She’ll play the winner of the match between wildcard Katrina Scott and wildcard McCartney Kessler in the next round

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