French qualifier Varvara Gracheva narrowly defeated Australian Ajla Tomljanovic 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5) to advance to the second round of the Western & Southern Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati.

Gracheva, ranked No 69, is set to face off against top seed Iga Swiatek in her next match.

Cincinnati WTA 1000, other first-round results at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on hard court with a prize purse of USD 3.211.715 are as follows:

– Elina Avanesyan vs. Bianca Andreescu
– Peyton Stearns vs. Paula Badosa
– Anna Kalinskaya vs. Katerina Siniakova
– Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
– Caroline Wozniacki vs. Anhelina Kalinina
– Marie Bouzkova vs. Magdalena Frech
– Leylah Fernandez vs. Yue Yuan
– Diana Shnaider vs. Shuai Zhang
– Caroline Dolehide vs. Taylor Townsend
– Karolina Muchova vs. Dayana Yastremska
– Liudmila Samsonova vs. Xinyu Wang
– Amanda Anisimova vs. Victoria Azarenka
– Emma Navarro vs. Mirra Andreeva
– Elina Svitolina vs. Yafan Wang
– Harriet Dart vs. Yulia Putintseva
– Katie Boulter vs. Magda Linette
– Anastasia Potapova vs. Clara Burel
– Robin Montgomery vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
– Donna Vekic vs. Ashlyn Krueger
– Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Daria Kasatkina
– Lulu Sun vs. Linda Noskova
– Elise Mertens vs. Marta Kostyuk: Tuesday
– Karolina Pliskova defeated Viktoriya Tomova with scores of 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3)