Auckland Open: Cristian advances to second round

Romanian Jaqueline Cristian moved into the second round of the Auckland Open when Ukrainian Yuliia Starodubtseva retired on Monday at the ASB Tennis Arena.

Cristian, ranked No 85, led 6-3, 2-0 when Starodubtseva, ranked No 101, pulled out.

The Romanian will face the winner of the match between American Madison Keys, the top seed, and Italian Lucia Bronzetti next.

Auckland WTA 250, other first-round results (ASB Tennis Arena, hard, USD 275.094, most recent results first):

• Alycia Parks vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Robin Montgomery vs. Mai Hontama
• Vivian Yang vs. Jodie Burrage
• Greet Minnen vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
• Hailey Baptiste vs. Renata Jamrichova
• Madison Keys vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Sofia Kenin vs. Xiyu Wang
• Katie Volynets (8) beat Erika Andreeva: 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-2
• Ann Li beat Sloane Stephens: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
• Julia Grabher beat Leyre Romero Gormaz (Q): 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7)
• Naomi Osaka (7) beat Lina Glushko (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Bernarda Pera beat Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (Q): 6-2, 7-5
• Rebecca Marino beat Lulu Sun (4): 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
• Nao Hibino (Q) beat Jule Niemeier: 6-3, 6-4
• Clara Tauson (5) beat Lucrezia Stefanini (Q): 6-2, 6-3

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