Charleston Open: Tomova advances to second round, faces Sakkari next

Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova reached the second round of the Charleston Open by defeating Egyptian Mayar Sherif 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Monday.

Tomova, ranked No 74, will play No 3 seed Maria Sakkari next.

Charleston WTA 500, other first-round results (Family Circle Tennis Center, clay, USD 922.573, most recent results first):

• Danielle Collins vs. Paula Badosa
• Magdalena Frech vs. Sloane Stephens
• Arina Rodionova vs. Astra Sharma
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Kayla Day
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Gabriela Lee
• Taylor Townsend vs. Sofia Kenin
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Ana Bogdan
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Clervie Ngounoue
• Claire Liu vs. Shelby Rogers
• Arantxa Rus vs. Katie Volynets
• Alize Cornet vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Sachia Vickery vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Caroline Wozniacki vs. Mccartney Kessler: monday
• Tamara Korpatsch vs. Daria Saville: monday
• Magda Linette beat Petra Martic: 6-3, 6-4