National Bank Open: Raducanu beaten by defending champion Giorgi

Italian Camila Giorgi moved into the second round of the National Bank Open by winning against No 9 seed Emma Raducanu 7-6, 6-2 at the Aviva Centre in Toronto on Tuesday.

Giorgi, ranked No 29, will face Belgian Elise Mertens next.

Toronto WTA 1000, other first-round matched (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 2.527.250, most recent results first):

• Daria Kasatkina vs. Bianca Andreescu : Tuesday
• Belinda Bencic vs. Tereza Martincova : Tuesday
• Kaia Kanepi vs. Naomi Osaka : Tuesday
• Amanda Anisimova vs. Carol Zhao: Tuesday
• Shuai Zhang vs. Cristina Bucsa: Tuesday
• Ajla Tomljanovic (Q) beat Veronika Kudermetova: 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (3)
• Elise Mertens beat Anna Bondar: 7-6 (2), 6-1
• Coco Gauff (10) beat Madison Brengle (Q): 6-1, 6-3
• Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Claire Liu (Q): 7-6 (4), 2-6, 7-6 (5)
• Qinwen Zheng beat Rebecca Marino (WC): 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Jil Teichmann beat Venus Williams (WC): 6-2, 6-3
• Alison Riske-Amritraj beat Petra Kvitova: 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
• Yulia Putintseva beat Katherine Sebov (WC): 3-6, 6-2, 7-5
• Leylah Fernandez (13) beat Storm Sanders (Q): 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-3
• Alize Cornet beat Caroline Garcia: 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Asia Muhammad (Q) beat Madison Keys: 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Sloane Stephens beat Sofia Kenin: 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-5
• Karolina Pliskova (14) beat Barbora Krejcikova: 6-3, 6-4
• Jelena Ostapenko (16) beat Anhelina Kalinina: 6-4, 6-2
• Serena Williams beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz (LL): 6-3, 6-4
• Simona Halep (15) beat Donna Vekic (LL): 6-0, 6-2
• Elena Rybakina beat Marie Bouzkova (Q): 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-1
• Beatriz Haddad Maia beat Martina Trevisan: 6-2, 2-6, 6-2

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