WTA Toronto: Boulter outlasts Pera

Katie Boulter advanced to the second round of the WTA National Bank Open by beating American qualifier Bernarda Pera 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 at the Aviva Centre on Wednesday night.

Boulter, ranked No 33, will play Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 13 seed, next.

Toronto WTA 1000, other first-round results (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):

• Nao Hibino vs. Leylah Fernandez: wednesday
• Yue Yuan beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-3, 6-3
• Ashlyn Krueger (Q) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-3, 6-2
• Naomi Osaka (WC) beat Ons Jabeur (9): 6-3, 6-1
• Magda Linette beat Rebecca Marino (WC): 6-3, 6-4
• Amanda Anisimova beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-1, 6-4
• Peyton Stearns beat Anna Blinkova: 6-4, 6-3
• Diana Shnaider (14) beat Harriet Dart (LL): 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (2)
• Marina Stakusic (WC) beat Erika Andreeva (Q): 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4
• Beatriz Haddad Maia beat Marie Bouzkova: 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (1)
• Paula Badosa beat Clara Tauson: 6-1, 6-4
• Elise Mertens beat Katie Volynets (Q): 6-3, 6-1
• Greet Minnen (Q) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-2, 6-2
• Anna Kalinskaya (10) beat Louisa Chirico (Q): 6-2, 6-3
• Lesia Tsurenko beat Bianca Andreescu (WC): 0-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Taylor Townsend (LL) beat Dayana Yastremska (16): 6-3, 3-1 ret.
• Karolina Pliskova beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-4, 7-6 (10)
• Victoria Azarenka (12) beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: 6-2, 6-2
• Yafan Wang (Q) beat Sofia Kenin: 7-5, 7-6 (3)
• Elina Svitolina beat Shelby Rogers: 6-0, 6-2
• Moyuka Uchijima (Q) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Magdalena Frech beat Anastasia Potapova: 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
• Marta Kostyuk (11) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-0, 6-2