The 21-year-old Muscovite in the opening match of the tournament beat the Spaniard Nuria Parrisas-Diaz in three sets with a score of 5: 7, 6: 0, 6: 2.

The meeting lasted 2 hours and 20 minutes.

In the second round, Gracheva will meet with the 24th seeded Paula Badosa.

The Spaniard beat Belgian Alison Van Eytwank at the start of the competition - 6: 4, 6: 3.

Earlier it was reported that the Russian Aslan Karatsev issued an exit to the second round of the US Open.