WTA National Bank Open: Shnaider through to second round, edges past Dart

Russian Diana Shnaider, the No 14 seed, reached the second round of WTA Toronto by edging out lucky loser Harriet Dart (6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (2)) at the Aviva Centre on Wednesday afternoon in a tense third set.

Shnaider, ranked No 24, will face Pole Magdalena Frech on Thursday

Toronto WTA 1000, other first-round results (most recent results first):

• Shuai Zhang vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Bernarda Pera vs. Katie Boulter
• Cristina Bucsa vs. Yue Yuan
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Magda Linette vs. Rebecca Marino
• Ons Jabeur vs. Naomi Osaka
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Amanda Anisimova: wednesday
• Peyton Stearns beat Anna Blinkova: 6-4, 6-3
• Erika Andreeva vs. Marina Stakusic: wednesday
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (13) beat Marie Bouzkova: 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (1)
• Paula Badosa beat Clara Tauson: 6-1, 6-4
• Elise Mertens beat Katie Volynets (Q): 6-3, 6-1
• Greet Minnen (Q) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-2, 6-2
• Anna Kalinskaya (10) beat Louisa Chirico (Q): 6-2, 6-3
• Lesia Tsurenko beat Bianca Andreescu (WC): 0-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Taylor Townsend (LL) beat Dayana Yastremska (16): 6-3, 3-1 ret.
• Karolina Pliskova beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-4, 7-6 (10)
• Victoria Azarenka (12) beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: 6-2, 6-2
• Yafan Wang (Q) beat Sofia Kenin: 7-5, 7-6 (3)
• Elina Svitolina beat Shelby Rogers: 6-0, 6-2
• Moyuka Uchijima (Q) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Magdalena Frech beat Anastasia Potapova: 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
• Marta Kostyuk (11) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-0, 6-2