San Diego Open: Sixth seed Kostyuk through to second round

Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk, the No 6 seed, reached the second round of the San Diego Open by defeating American qualifier Ann Li 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 at the Barnes Tennis Center on Tuesday.

Kostyuk, ranked No 34, will face the winner of the match between Australian wildcard Taylah Preston and Pole Magdalena Frech next.

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San Diego WTA 500, other first-round matches (Barnes Tennis Center, hard, USD 922,573):

• Xinyu Wang beat Clara Tauson: 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
• Marina Stakusic (Q) beat Marina Melnikova (Q): 6-4, 5-7, 6-1
• Daria Saville (Q) beat Lin Zhu: 6-3, 6-3
• Jule Niemeier (Q) beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-3, 6-0
• Katie Boulter beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-3, 6-1
• Caroline Wozniacki vs. Anna Blinkova
• Donna Vekic vs. Katherine Hui
• Taylah Preston vs. Magdalena Frech
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Tatjana Maria
• Mai Hontama vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Dayana Yastremska