French player Clara Burel defeated American lucky loser Elvina Kalieva with a score of 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the Cleveland Open at Jacobs Pavilion on Monday. Burel, ranked 57th, is set to face the winner of the match between Katie Volynets and 8th seed Sofia Kenin next.
Other first-round results from the Cleveland WTA 250 at Jacobs Pavilion on hard court include matches between Ana Bogdan and Leylah Fernandez, Greet Minnen and Jaqueline Cristian, Moyuka Uchijima and Peyton Stearns, Sara Sorribes Tormo and Yafan Wang, Jessica Bouzas Maneiro and Varvara Gracheva, Katerina Siniakova and Sayaka Ishii, Katie Volynets and Sofia Kenin, Beatriz Haddad Maia and Viktorija Golubic, Viktoriya Tomova and Lauren Davis, Cristina Bucsa and Martina Trevisan, Anna Karolina Schmiedlova and Clara Tauson, Katrina Scott and McCartney Kessler, Anastasia Potapova (5) defeating Diane Parry with a score of 6-3, 6-2, Xinyu Wang (4) beating Anna Blinkova with a score of 6-1, 6-1, and Arantxa Rus defeating Lucia Bronzetti with a score of 6-3, 7-6 (4).
