Zhengzhou Open: Zheng reaches second round

Chinese Qinwen Zheng advanced to the second round of the Zhengzhou Open by defeating Ukrainian qualifier Kateryna Volodko 6-4, 6-3 at Zhongyuan Tennis Training Base Management Center on Monday.

Zheng, ranked No 24, will play No 3 seed Maria Sakkari next.

Zhengzhou WTA 500, other first-round results (Zhongyuan Tennis Training Base Management Center, hard, USD 780.637, most recent results first):

• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Tamara Korpatsch vs. Zhuoxuan Bai
• Lin Zhu vs. Laura Siegemund
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Tatjana Maria
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Vera Zvonareva
• Petra Martic vs. Magda Linette
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Ellen Perez
• Lesia Tsurenko (Q) beat Diana Shnaider (LL): 6-4, 6-2
• Jasmine Paolini beat Moyuka Uchijima (LL): 6-2, 6-3
• Lucia Bronzetti beat Hanyu Guo (WC): 7-5, 6-1
• Donna Vekic (10) beat Nao Hibino (Q): 6-4, 6-2