Cornet, Pera cruise through in New York

Alize Cornet and Bernarda Pera cruised into the Bronx Open second round on a rain-hit Sunday in New York City.

Cornet recorded a 6-4 6-2 victory over Kateryna Kozlova at the inaugural edition of the WTA International tournament.

The Frenchwoman made it two wins in as many meetings with Kozlova, converting five of seven break points in a dominant showing.

In the day's only other main-draw match, Pera – a wildcard – breezed past Veronika Kudermetova 6-0 6-2.

Straight-sets win for @bernarda_pera ! Beats Kudermetova in the @NYJTL Round of 32, 6-0, 6-2!#NYJTLBronxOpen pic.twitter.com/uC9iS5MyXF

— WTA (@WTA) August 18, 2019