Washington Open: Stearns sets up Raducanu clash

Peyton Stearns won against wildcard Clervie Ngounoue 6-3, 7-6 (3) to advance to the second round of the Washington Open at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center on Tuesday evening.

Stearns, ranked No 51, will play wildcard Emma Raducanu 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
• Victoria Azarenka (6) beat Hailey Baptiste (Q): 7-6 (6), 7-6 (3)
• Taylor Townsend beat Anastasia Potapova (9): 6-2, 6-2
• Marie Bouzkova beat McCartney Kessler (Q): 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
• Kamilla Rakhimova (Q) beat Katie Volynets: 6-4, 6-3
• Amanda Anisimova (Q) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-3, 7-5
• Emma Raducanu beat Elise Mertens (8): 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
• Robin Montgomery (WC) beat Shelby Rogers: 7-5, 6-3
• 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