WTA Toronto: Mertens advances to second round

Belgian Elise Mertens put on a dominant display of tennis against American qualifier Katie Volynets (6-3 6-1) to advance to the second round of the WTA National Bank Open on Wednesday morning.

Mertens, who is ranked No. 35 in the world, will play the winner of the blockbuster match between Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No. 9 seed, and Japanese wildcard Naomi Osaka next.

WTA National Bank Open, other first-round results (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):

• Shuai Zhang vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Bernarda Pera vs. Katie Boulter
• Cristina Bucsa vs. Yue Yuan
• Magda Linette vs. Rebecca Marino
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Ons Jabeur vs. Naomi Osaka
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Anna Blinkova vs. Peyton Stearns
• Harriet Dart vs. Diana Shnaider
• Erika Andreeva vs. Marina Stakusic: wednesday
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Marie Bouzkova: wednesday
• Paula Badosa beat Clara Tauson: 6-1, 6-4
• 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