Pavlyuchenkova won an overwhelming 80 per cent of her service points, including 23 of 25 on her first serve. He never faced break point while breaking Kenin’s serve four times in eight chances.
Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur upset No. 7 seed Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia 7-6 (4), 7-5, by converting 6 of 11 break points and capitalizing on Ostapenko’s eight double faults.
Eighth seed Leylah Fernandez of Canada outlasted Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima 7-6 (3), 7-6 (0). Other first-round winners included Marketa Vondrousova and Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic, Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic and Poland’s Magda Linette.
