Charleston Open 125: Sasnovich beats Day to make second round

Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich edged out American Kayla Day 5-7, 7-5, 6-4 to advance to the second round of the Charleston Open 125 at the Family Circle Tennis Center.

Sasnovich, ranked No 97, will face the winner of the match between German Tamara Korpatsch, the No 8 seed, and Belgian Greet Minnen next.

Charleston WTA 125K Series, other first-round results (Family Circle Tennis Center, hard, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Yanina Wickmayer vs. Sara Errani
• Arina Rodionova vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Mai Hontama vs. Yafan Wang
• Erika Andreeva vs. Clara Tauson
• Alize Cornet vs. Marina Bassols Ribera
• Dalayna Hewitt vs. Diana Shnaider
• Nao Hibino vs. Harriet Dart
• Lin Zhu vs. Mccartney Kessler
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Olivia Gadecki
• Madison Sieg vs. Oceane Dodin
• Martina Trevisan vs. Renata Zarazua: monday
• Tamara Korpatsch vs. Greet Minnen: monday
• Rebeka Masarova beat Arantxa Rus (2): 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
• Kamilla Rakhimova beat Louisa Chirico (WC): 6-4, 6-4
• Emina Bektas beat Maria Mateas (WC): 6-1, 4-6, 6-1