The British No1, Elena Baltacha, booked her place in the second round of the Citi Open in Maryland with a straight-sets win over Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan.

The sixth seed claimed three breaks in the first set on her way to a 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) victory. In the next round she will play France’s Virginie Razzano, who was a 6-2, 6-2 winner over Japan’s Misaki Doi.

Heather Watson followed Baltacha into the second round as she beat Greece’s Eleni Daniilidou 6-4, 6-1. The British No3 raced into a 3-0 lead against a player who, at 103 in the world, is ranked one place higher than her, before being pegged back to 3-3.

But the Guernsey teenager battled hard to win the first set before racing through the second. Next up for Watson is Canada’s Stephanie Dubois.

The British No2, Anne Keothavong, is also in Maryland and plays her opening match against Italy’s Alberta Brianti.

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