WTA Toronto: Wang hands Kenin fifth straight loss to set up clash against top seed Gauff

Chinese qualifier Yafan Wang won against American Sofia Kenin 7-5, 7-6 (3) to advance to the second round of the WTA National Bank Open in Toronto at the Aviva Centre on Tuesday.

This was Kenin’s fifth consecutive loss on the tour.

Wang, ranked No 72, will play top seed Coco Gauff 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
• Elina Svitolina beat Shelby Rogers: 6-0, 6-2
• Moyuka Uchijima (Q) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Magdalena Frech beat Anastasia Potapova: 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
• Marta Kostyuk (11) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-0, 6-2