In the Guangzhou Open at the Nansha International Tennis Center, China’s Yue Yuan, the No 3 seed, defeated Belgian Greet Minnen 7-6 (2), 6-1 to advance to the second round. Ranked No 44, Yuan will face Thai qualifier Mananchaya Sawangkaew next.
In other first-round matches at the Guangzhou WTA 250 tournament, Marie Bouzkova (2) beat Suzan Lamens, Katerina Siniakova (1) beat Petra Martic (Q), Caroline Dolehide (Q) beat Elena Pridankina (LL), Alycia Parks (LL) beat Anna Bondar, and various other matches took place.
