Washington Open: Montgomery sees off Rogers to book spot in second round

Wildcard Robin Montgomery advanced to the second round of the Washington Open by winning against Shelby Rogers 7-5, 6-3 at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center on Monday evening.

Montgomery, ranked No 131, will play No 4 seed Ons Jabeur 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
• Taylor Townsend vs. Anastasia Potapova
• McCartney Kessler vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Hailey Baptiste vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Katie Volynets vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
• Sloane Stephens vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Elise Mertens vs. Emma Raducanu
• Yafan Wang beat Karolina Pliskova: 5-7, 6-3, 6-0
• Caroline Dolehide beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (7) beat Ashlyn Krueger: 6-3, 4-6, 6-4