Hong Kong Open: Wang through to second round after Avanesyan retirement
Xinyu Wang benefited from the abandonment of Elina Avanesyan (6-2, 4-1) on Tuesday afternoon and will play the winner of the match between wildcard Ho Ching Wu and Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo in the next round
Xinyu Wang of China during play on Day 3 of the 2023 Womens’s ASB Classic. ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland, New Zealand. Wednesday 4 January 2023. (Photosport/Panoramic)
Chinese Xinyu Wang, the No 4 seed, moved into the second round of the Hong Kong Open when Russian Elina Avanesyan retired on Tuesday afternoon.
Wang, ranked No 32, led 6-2, 4-1 when Avanesyan, ranked No 67, pulled out.
The 22-year-old Chinese will play the winner of the match between wildcard Ho Ching Wu and Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo next.
Hong Kong WTA 250, other first-round results:
- Daria Saville vs. Elise Mertens
- Sofya Lansere vs. Hong Yi Cody Wong
- Alina Korneeva vs. Valeria Savinykh
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Anna Danilina vs. Magdalena Frech
- Ho Ching Wu vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Jana Fett: 6-0, 6-0
- Linda Fruhvirtova beat Peyton Stearns (7): 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Leylah Fernandez beat Victoria Azarenka (1): 2-6, 6-3 ret.
- Martina Trevisan (6) beat Cristina Bucsa: 7-5, 6-2
- Anna Blinkova (5) beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-4, 2-6, 5-1 ret.
- Priscilla Hon beat Eudice Wong Chong (WC): 7-5, 7-5
- Kamilla Rakhimova beat Varvara Gracheva (8): 6-3, 6-2
- Mirra Andreeva beat Dayana Yastremska: 6-4, 6-3
- Katerina Siniakova beat Xiyu Wang: 6-4, 7-6 (7)
