Thoreau Open: Volynets into second round
Katie Volynets edged out Greet Minnen 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 on Tuesday afternoon and will face the winner of the match between Ukrainian qualifier Kateryna Volodko and Frenchwoman Harmony Tan in the next round
American Katie Volynets advanced to the second round of the Thoreau Open by edging out Belgian Greet Minnen, the No 7 seed, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 at Thoreau Tennis club in Concord on Tuesday afternoon.
Volynets, ranked No 119, will play the winner of the match between Ukrainian qualifier Kateryna Volodko and Frenchwoman Harmony Tan next.
Concord WTA 125, other first-round results (Thoreau Tennis club, hard, USD 115.000, most recent results first):
- Clara Tauson vs. Katie Boulter
- Kateryna Volodko vs. Harmony Tan
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Viktorija Golubic
- Qiang Wang vs. Mariam Bolkvadze
- Moyuka Uchijima vs. Katrina Scott
- Kayla Day vs. Bernarda Pera: tuesday
- Renata Zarazua vs. Astra Sharma: tuesday
- Catherine McNally beat Anastasia Gasanova: 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Eva Lys (Q) beat Kamilla Rakhimova (8): 6-4, 6-3
- Coco Vandeweghe (WC) beat Alycia Parks: 6-4, 6-4
- Taylor Townsend (WC) beat Lulu Sun (WC): 6-3, 6-0
- Ysaline Bonaventure beat Varvara Gracheva (3): 6-2, 7-5
- Anna Blinkova beat Varvara Flink: 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-2
- Karolina Muchova beat Mirjam Bjorklund: 6-2, 6-1
- Magdalena Frech (4) beat Anastasia Tikhonova: 6-4, 6-2