Charleston Open: Kenin through to second round, Begu next

American wildcard Sofia Kenin defeated Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Charleston Open at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Tuesday evening.

Kenin, ranked No 142, will play Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, the No 15 seed, next.

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

• Shelby Rogers vs. Danielle Collins
• Xiyu Wang vs. Hailey Baptiste: tuesday
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Evgeniya Rodina: tuesday
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Cristina Bucsa: tuesday
• Caroline Dolehide (WC) beat Sabine Lisicki (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Madison Keys (9) beat Emma Navarro (WC): 6-4, 6-3
• Catherine McNally beat Jule Niemeier: 6-4, 6-1
• Bernarda Pera beat Claire Liu: 6-4, 6-7 (1), 6-3
• Varvara Gracheva beat Anna-Lena Friedsam (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-2
• Diana Shnaider beat Alycia Parks: 6-4, 6-3
• Paula Badosa (12) beat Mayar Sherif: 6-3, 6-1
• Sloane Stephens beat Louisa Chirico (Q): 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Anna Kalinskaya beat Anhelina Kalinina (11): 7-6 (6), 6-4
• Yulia Putintseva beat Elina Svitolina (WC): 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-4
• Sachia Vickery (Q) beat Kayla Day (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Alize Cornet beat Fiona Crawley (WC): 6-0, 6-2
• Katherine Sebov (Q) beat Lauren Davis: 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Julia Grabher beat Shuai Zhang (10): 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
• Anna Blinkova beat Anna Bondar: 7-6 (7), 6-2
• Lesia Tsurenko beat Paula Ormaechea (Q): 6-1, 6-1
• Madison Brengle beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-3, 6-4
• Irina-Camelia Begu beat Dalma Galfi: 6-1, 7-5
• Linda Fruhvirtova beat Jil Teichmann (14): 6-2, 3-6, 6-2