Canadian Open: Bencic untroubled by Bronzetti, moves into second round

Swiss Belinda Bencic, the No 12 seed, advanced to the second round of the Canadian Open by defeating Italian Lucia Bronzetti 6-2, 6-3 at Stade IGA in Montreal on Monday.

Bencic, ranked No 13, will play the winner of the match between qualifier Alycia Parks and Lauren Davis next.

Montreal WTA 1000, other first round results (Stade IGA, hard, USD 2,788,4680):

• Sorana Cirstea beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Victoria Azarenka (16) beat Magda Linette: 6-3, 6-0
• Marie Bouzkova beat Kayla Day (Q): 7-6 (1), 6-3
• Jasmine Paolini beat Donna Vekic: 7-6 (3), 6-2
• Karolina Pliskova beat Lin Zhu: 6-3, 6-7 (8), 6-2
• Katie Boulter vs. Rebecca Marino
• Petra Martic vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Alycia Parks vs. Lauren Davis
• Camila Giorgi vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Anna Blinkova vs. Shuai Zhang
• Caroline Wozniacki vs. Kimberly Birrell
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Mayar Sherif
• Bernarda Pera vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Danielle Collins vs. Elina Svitolina
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Peyton Stearns
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Paula Badosa
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Karolina Muchova
• Elise Mertens vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Sloane Stephens vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Jennifer Brady vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Venus Williams vs. Madison Keys