Charleston Open: Begu reaches second round

Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, the No 15 seed, reached the second round of the Charleston Open by winning against Hungarian Dalma Galfi 6-1, 7-5 at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Monday.

Begu, ranked No 37, will face the winner of the match between Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich and American wildcard Sofia Kenin next.

Charleston WTA 500, other first-round results (Family Circle Tennis Center, clay, USD 780.637, most recent results first):

• Claire Liu vs. Bernarda Pera
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Emma Navarro vs. Madison Keys
• Xiyu Wang vs. Hailey Baptiste
• Anna-Lena Friedsam vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Shelby Rogers vs. Danielle Collins
• Catherine McNally vs. Jule Niemeier
• Alycia Parks vs. Diana Shnaider
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Evgeniya Rodina
• Paula Badosa vs. Mayar Sherif
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Sabine Lisicki
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Sofia Kenin
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Sloane Stephens vs. Louisa Chirico
• Fiona Crawley vs. Alize Cornet
• Elina Svitolina vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Kayla Day vs. Sachia Vickery
• Shuai Zhang vs. Julia Grabher
• Lauren Davis vs. Katherine Sebov
• Anna Bondar vs. Anna Blinkova
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Paula Ormaechea: monday
• Madison Brengle beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-3, 6-4
• Jil Teichmann vs. Linda Fruhvirtova: monday