WTA Toronto: Krueger moves into second round

American qualifier Ashlyn Krueger reached the second round of the WTA National Bank Open by defeating Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-3, 6-2 at the Aviva Centre on Wednesday evening.

Krueger, ranked No 82, will face the winner of the match between Japanese lucky loser Nao Hibino and Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 15 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
• Cristina Bucsa vs. Yue Yuan
• Bernarda Pera vs. Katie Boulter: wednesday
• 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 (13) 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