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Bencic broke Aiava at love to open the match,
one of the six break points she converted, and was never really
tested as the 18-year-old Australian made 24 unforced errors.
Aiava did well to fight off one match point but then
double-faulted the next time the match was on the line to hand
Bencic victory in 56 minutes.
Up next for the world number 21 at the green-clay event will be
American Allie Kiick, who beat Frenchwoman Pauline Parmentier
6-3 6-0.
Former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko, a runner-up here
in 2017, dropped the opening game of her match but quickly
righted the ship and dominated the rest of the way in a 6-1 6-4
win over Swede Johanna Larsson.
Latvian Ostapenko had seven double faults in the match but
rounded into form as the match wore on before clinching the win
by firing down an ace.
She will next face American Shelby Rogers, who was a 6-4 6-2
winner over Russia's Evgeniya Rodina in her first match back
after being sidelined for more than a year by a knee injury.
Such was her relief at being fit and back on court again, Rogers
succumbed to tears after winning the opening set.
"It's kind of embarrassing to be honest," the 26-year-old
Charleston native told reporters.
"It was a great moment, I enjoyed every second of it -- even
when I got broken. That's part of it. It's all those feelings I
missed so much. The adrenaline, the nerves, the excitement,
everything. You can’t recreate that outside of the arena."
Top seed Sloane Stephens will be in action on Tuesday when she
faces Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo in second round action, while
defending champion Kiki Bertens, the second seed, plays Italian
qualifier Martina Trevisan.
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto, editing by Nick Mulvenney)
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