Charleston Open: Putintseva defeats Svitolina in 2h45

Kazakh Yulia Putintseva edged out Ukrainian wildcard Elina Svitolina 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Charleston Open at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Monday evening.

Putintseva, ranked No 47, will play No 7 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova 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
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Evgeniya Rodina
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Emma Navarro vs. Madison Keys
• Xiyu Wang vs. Hailey Baptiste
• Catherine McNally vs. Jule Niemeier
• Claire Liu vs. Bernarda Pera
• Anna-Lena Friedsam vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Alycia Parks vs. Diana Shnaider
• Paula Badosa vs. Mayar Sherif
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Sabine Lisicki
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Sofia Kenin
• Sloane Stephens vs. Louisa Chirico
• Anna Kalinskaya beat Anhelina Kalinina (11): 7-6 (6), 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 (15) beat Dalma Galfi: 6-1, 7-5
• Linda Fruhvirtova beat Jil Teichmann (14): 6-2, 3-6, 6-2