Midland Open: Stearns moves into second round with double bagel

Peyton Stearns, the second seed, moved into the second round of the Midland Open by winning against Andorran lucky loser Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva 6-0, 6-0 at the Greater Midland Tennis Center on Monday.

The match took just 44 minutes to complete, with Stearns winning 53 of 75 points.

The American, ranked No 48, will play the winner of the match between qualifier Victoria Hu and Hailey Baptiste next.

Midland WTA 125, other first-round results (Greater Midland Tennis Center, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Katie Volynets vs. Tatiana Prozorova
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Heather Watson
• Rebecca Marino vs. Emiliana Arango
• Mccartney Kessler vs. Emina Bektas
• Emma Navarro vs. Chloe Beck
• Robin Anderson vs. Elvina Kalieva
• Arianne Hartono vs. Jana Fett
• Victoria Hu vs. Hailey Baptiste
• Katrina Scott vs. Renata Zarazua
• Taylor Townsend vs. Raluka Serban
• Katherine Sebov vs. Lulu Sun
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Varvara Lepchenko
• Yulia Starodubtsewa beat Sophie Chang (WC): 3-6, 6-1, 6-0
• Alycia Parks (3) beat Ann Li: 6-2, 6-1
• Carole Monnet beat Iryna Shymanovich: 6-4 ret.