Washington Open: Qualifier Anisimova upsets Stephens

Qualifier Amanda Anisimova beat Sloane Stephens 6-3, 7-5 to reach the second round of the Washington Open at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center on Monday night.

Anisimova, ranked No 176, will face Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No 7 seed, next.

Washington WTA 500, other first-round results (William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, hard, USD 922.573, most recent results first):

• Paula Badosa vs. Sofia Kenin
• Clervie Ngounoue vs. Peyton Stearns
• Hailey Baptiste vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Taylor Townsend vs. Anastasia Potapova
• McCartney Kessler vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Katie Volynets vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
• Elise Mertens vs. Emma Raducanu: tuesday
• Robin Montgomery (WC) beat Shelby Rogers: 7-5, 6-3
• Yafan Wang beat Karolina Pliskova: 5-7, 6-3, 6-0
• Caroline Dolehide beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Ashlyn Krueger: 6-3, 4-6, 6-4