Western & Southern Open: Frech into second round to face Zheng

Polish qualifier Magdalena Frech won against Marie Bouzkova 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to move into the second round of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati on Wednesday.

The two players also faced off each other in the Auckland Open in January, with Bouzkova winning that match in three sets. Their head-to-head is now tied at 1-1.

Frech, ranked No 48, will face No 7 seed Zheng Qinwen next at the Lindner Family Tennis Center.

Cincinnati WTA 1000, other first-round matches (Lindner Family Tennis Center, hard, USD 3,211,715):

• Caroline Wozniacki (WC) beat Anhelina Kalinina: 6-2, 6-4
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (17): 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Karolina Muchova beat Dayana Yastremska: 7-6 (6), 6-2
• Mirra Andreeva beat Emma Navarro (11): 6-2, 6-2
• Liudmila Samsonova (10) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-4, 6-4
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (LL) beat Lucia Bronzetti (LL): 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (1)
• Taylor Townsend (Q) beat Caroline Dolehide (WC): 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7)
• Leylah Fernandez beat Yue Yuan: 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Anna Kalinskaya (13) beat Katerina Siniakova: 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Paula Badosa beat Peyton Stearns (WC): 6-2, 7-5
• Diana Shnaider beat Shuai Zhang: 6-1, 6-4
• Elina Avanesyan (LL) beat Bianca Andreescu (WC): 6-4, 7-5
• Yulia Putintseva beat Harriet Dart (Q): 4-6, 6-0, 6-1
• Anastasia Potapova beat Clara Burel: 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
• Magda Linette beat Katie Boulter: 2-6, 6-0, 7-5
• Elina Svitolina beat Yafan Wang (Q): 5-7, 6-3, 6-2
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Robin Montgomery (Q): 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
• Daria Kasatkina (9) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova: 6-4, 6-2
• Ashlyn Krueger (Q) beat Donna Vekic (16): 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Lulu Sun (Q) beat Linda Noskova: 6-4, 7-6 (4)
• Marta Kostyuk (15) beat Elise Mertens: 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
• Karolina Pliskova beat Viktoriya Tomova: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3)
• Varvara Gracheva (Q) beat Ajla Tomljanovic: 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5)

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