National Bank Open: Anisimova books spot in second round
Amanda Anisimova beat Carol Zhao 6-1, 6-3 on Tuesday evening. She’ll play No 14 seed Karolina Pliskova in the next round
American Amanda Anisimova won against Canadian wildcard Carol Zhao 6-1, 6-3 to reach the second round of the National Bank Open at the Aviva Centre in Toronto on Tuesday evening.
Anisimova, ranked No 22, will face No 14 seed Karolina Pliskova next.
Toronto WTA 1000, other first-round results (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 2.527.250, most recent results first):
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Belinda Bencic vs. Tereza Martincova
- Kaia Kanepi vs. Naomi Osaka
- Shuai Zhang beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-1, 6-3
- Camila Giorgi beat Emma Raducanu (9): 7-6, 6-2
- Ajla Tomljanovic (Q) beat Veronika Kudermetova: 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (3)
- Elise Mertens beat Anna Bondar: 7-6 (2), 6-1
- Coco Gauff (10) beat Madison Brengle (Q): 6-1, 6-3
- Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Claire Liu (Q): 7-6 (4), 2-6, 7-6 (5)
- Qinwen Zheng beat Rebecca Marino (WC): 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Jil Teichmann beat Venus Williams (WC): 6-2, 6-3
- Alison Riske-Amritraj beat Petra Kvitova: 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
- Yulia Putintseva beat Katherine Sebov (WC): 3-6, 6-2, 7-5
- Leylah Fernandez (13) beat Storm Sanders (Q): 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-3
- Alize Cornet beat Caroline Garcia: 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Asia Muhammad (Q) beat Madison Keys: 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Sloane Stephens beat Sofia Kenin: 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-5
- Karolina Pliskova beat Barbora Krejcikova: 6-3, 6-4
- Jelena Ostapenko (16) beat Anhelina Kalinina: 6-4, 6-2
- Serena Williams beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz (LL): 6-3, 6-4
- Simona Halep (15) beat Donna Vekic (LL): 6-0, 6-2
- Elena Rybakina beat Marie Bouzkova (Q): 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-1
- Beatriz Haddad Maia beat Martina Trevisan: 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
