Washington Open: Montgomery sees off Rogers to book spot in second round
Robin Montgomery won against Shelby Rogers 7-5, 6-3 on Monday evening. She’ll play No 4 seed Ons Jabeur in the next round
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Wildcard Robin Montgomery advanced to the second round of the Washington Open by winning against Shelby Rogers 7-5, 6-3 at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center on Monday evening.
Montgomery, ranked No 131, will play No 4 seed Ons Jabeur next.
Washington WTA 500, other first-round results (William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, hard, USD 922.573, most recent results first):
- Paula Badosa vs. Sofia Kenin
- Clervie Ngounoue vs. Peyton Stearns
- Taylor Townsend vs. Anastasia Potapova
- McCartney Kessler vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Hailey Baptiste vs. Victoria Azarenka
- Katie Volynets vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
- Sloane Stephens vs. Amanda Anisimova
- Elise Mertens vs. Emma Raducanu
- Yafan Wang beat Karolina Pliskova: 5-7, 6-3, 6-0
- Caroline Dolehide beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (7) beat Ashlyn Krueger: 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
