Thoreau Open: Blinkova reaches second round

Anna Blinkova won against Varvara Flink 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-2 to advance to the second round of the Thoreau Open at Thoreau Tennis club in Concord on Monday evening.

Blinkova, ranked No 155, will play the winner of the match between Kayla Day and second seed Bernarda Pera next.

Concord WTA 125, other first-round results (Thoreau Tennis club, hard, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Kayla Day vs. Bernarda Pera
• Kateryna Volodko vs. Harmony Tan
• Greet Minnen vs. Katie Volynets
• Xiyu Wang vs. Katrina Scott
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Viktorija Golubic
• Qiang Wang vs. Mariam Bolkvadze
• Anastasia Gasanova vs. Catherine McNally
• Eva Lys vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
• Renata Zarazua vs. Astra Sharma
• Clara Tauson vs. Katie Boulter
• Alycia Parks vs. Coco Vandeweghe
• Taylor Townsend (WC) beat Lulu Sun (WC): 6-3, 6-0
• Ysaline Bonaventure beat Varvara Gracheva (3): 6-2, 7-5
• Karolina Muchova beat Mirjam Bjorklund: 6-2, 6-1
• Magdalena Frech (4) beat Anastasia Tikhonova: 6-4, 6-2