Cleveland Open: Haddad Maia beats Golubic for first time in five tries

Beatriz Haddad Maia, the top seed, ousted Swiss qualifier Viktorija Golubic 6-3, 7-5 to move into the second round of the Cleveland Open at Jacobs Pavilion on Tuesday night.

The Brazilian had previously been 0-4 lifetime in the head-to-head series against Golubic.

Haddad Maia, ranked No 23, will play Spaniard Cristina Bucsa next.

Cleveland WTA 250, other first-round results (Jacobs Pavilion, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Ana Bogdan (Q) beat Leylah Fernandez (2): 1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2
• Greet Minnen (LL) beat Jaqueline Cristian: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Peyton Stearns (6) beat Moyuka Uchijima: 6-0, 1-6, 6-1
• Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Yafan Wang: 6-4, 6-1
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (Q) beat Varvara Gracheva: 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Katerina Siniakova (3) beat Sayaka Ishii (Q): 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Sofia Kenin (8) beat Katie Volynets: 6-2, 2-6, 7-5
• Viktoriya Tomova (7) beat Lauren Davis (WC): 6-1, 6-4
• Cristina Bucsa beat Martina Trevisan: 6-2, 6-4
• Clara Tauson beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
• McCartney Kessler (WC) beat Katrina Scott (WC): 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
• Clara Burel beat Elvina Kalieva (LL): 6-3, 6-2
• Anastasia Potapova (5) beat Diane Parry: 6-3, 6-2
• Xinyu Wang (4) beat Anna Blinkova: 6-1, 6-1
• Arantxa Rus beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-3, 7-6 (4)