Western & Southern Open: Andreescu knocked out by Avanesyan in first round

Canadian wildcard Bianca Andreescu was defeated by Armenian Elina Avanesyan 6-4, 7-5 in the first round of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati on Tuesday.

Avanesyan, who played for Russia earlier, last week announced that she would represent Armenia going forward. Her win on Tuesday was the first for an Armenian woman in a WTA Tour main draw.

Avanesyan, ranked No 60, will face No 8 seed Jelena Ostapenko next at the Lindner Family Tennis Center.

Cincinnati WTA 1000, other first-round matches:

• Yulia Putintseva beat Harriet Dart (Q): 4-6, 6-0, 6-1
• Anastasia Potapova beat Clara Burel: 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
• Magda Linette beat Katie Boulter: 2-6, 6-0, 7-5
• Elina Svitolina beat Yafan Wang (Q): 5-7, 6-3, 6-2
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Robin Montgomery (Q): 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
• Daria Kasatkina (9) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova: 6-4, 6-2
• Ashlyn Krueger (Q) beat Donna Vekic (16): 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Lulu Sun (Q) beat Linda Noskova: 6-4, 7-6 (4)
• Marta Kostyuk (15) beat Elise Mertens: 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
• Karolina Pliskova beat Viktoriya Tomova: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3)
• Varvara Gracheva (Q) beat Ajla Tomljanovic: 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5)
• Caroline Wozniacki vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Magdalena Frech
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Emma Navarro vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Karolina Muchova vs. Dayana Yastremska
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Xinyu Wang
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Yue Yuan
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Taylor Townsend
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Peyton Stearns vs. Paula Badosa
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Diana Shnaider vs. Shuai Zhang

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