Washington Open: Townsend eases past Potapova to make second round

American Taylor Townsend won against Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 9 seed, 6-2, 6-2 to reach the second round of the Washington Open at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center.

Townsend, ranked No 78, will play the winner of the match between American qualifier McCartney Kessler and Marie Bouzkova 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
• McCartney Kessler vs. Marie Bouzkova: tuesday
• Kamilla Rakhimova (Q) beat Katie Volynets: 6-4, 6-3
• Amanda Anisimova (Q) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-3, 7-5
• Emma Raducanu (WC) beat Elise Mertens (8): 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
• 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 (7) beat Ashlyn Krueger: 6-3, 4-6, 6-4