San Diego Open: Boulter races past Tsurenko

Katie Boulter defeated Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko 6-3, 6-1 to advance to the second round of the San Diego Open at the Barnes Tennis Center on Monday night.

Boulter, ranked No 49, will face second seed Beatriz Haddad Maia next.

San Diego WTA 500, other first-round results (Barnes Tennis Center, hard, USD 922.573, most recent results first):

• Ann Li vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Clara Tauson vs. Xinyu Wang
• Donna Vekic vs. Katherine Hui
• Mai Hontama vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Tatjana Maria
• Taylah Preston vs. Magdalena Frech
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Dayana Yastremska
• Caroline Wozniacki vs. Anna Blinkova
• Marina Melnikova vs. Marina Stakusic

• Daria Saville vs. Lin Zhu
• Jule Niemeier vs. Varvara Gracheva