Carla Suarez Navarro breezes to next round at La Costa

CARLSBAD, Calif., July 31 (UPI) -- Eighth-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain beat Japanese qualifier Sachie Ishizu in the first round of the Southern California Open Tuesday.

Suarez Navarro scored a 6-4, 6-3 win over Ishizu and advanced to the next round at La Costa.

Other winners included American qualifier Coco Vandeweghe, who routed Allie Kiick 6-1, 6-2, and Sesil Karatantcheva of Kazakhstan, who ousted Julia Goerges 6-3, 7-5.

Urszula Radwanska of Poland battled her way past qualifier Marina Erakovic of New Zealand 7-6 (7-3), 6-4.