Stuttgart Open: Vickery edges past Sasnovich to make second round

American qualifier Sachia Vickery beat Belarusian qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich 7-6 (2), 7-5 to move into the second round of the Stuttgart Open at the Porsche-Arena.

Vickery, ranked No 134, will play No 3 seed Coco Gauff next.

Stuttgart WTA 500, other first-round results (Porsche-Arena, clay, USD 802.237, most recent results first):

• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Laura Siegemund
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Ons Jabeur
• Emma Raducanu vs. Angelique Kerber
• Linda Noskova vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Tatjana Maria vs. Elise Mertens
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Donna Vekic
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Sara Errani
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Diana Shnaider vs. Paula Badosa