WTA Toronto: Uchijima books spot in second round against Samsonova

Japanese qualifier Moyuka Uchijima reached the second round of the WTA National Bank Open in Toronto by defeating Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova 7-6 (4), 6-2 at the Aviva Centre on Tuesday.

Uchijima, ranked No 63, will play No 6 seed Liudmila Samsonova next.

Toronto WTA 1000, other first-round results (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):

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