Jiangxi Open: Siegemund knocks out Wang to move into the second round

German Laura Siegemund advanced to the second round of the Jiangxi Open by winning against Chinese Xinyu Wang, the No 4 seed, 6-1, 7-5 at Nanchang International Tennis Center.

Siegemund, ranked No 91, will play Norwegian lucky loser Ulrikke Eikeri next.

Nanchang WTA 250, other first-round results (Nanchang International Tennis Center, USD 259.303, most recent results first):

• Katerina Siniakova beat Yuhan Wang (WC): 6-3, 6-3
• Marie Bouzkova (3) beat Kathinka von Deichmann (Q): 6-1, 6-1
• Varvara Gracheva (7) beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 6-3, 6-4
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Viktoria Hruncakova: 6-1, 6-3
• Leylah Fernandez beat Hanyu Guo (WC): 6-1, 6-3
• Ulrikke Eikeri beat Kaja Juvan: 6-2, 1-2 ret.
• Valeria Savinykh beat Magda Linette (2): 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (3)
• Xiaodi You (Q) beat Anna Blinkova (6): 6-1, 6-1
• Nao Hibino beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (1): 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Diana Shnaider beat Lin Zhu (5): 6-4, 6-0
• Kimberly Birrell beat Sijia Wei (Q): 7-5, 7-5
• Sara Sorribes Tormo (8) beat Xinyu Jiang (WC): 6-4, 6-0
• Camila Osorio beat YeXin Ma (Q): 6-1, 6-0
• Amina Anshba (LL) beat Elina Avanesyan: 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Vera Zvonareva beat Arianne Hartono: 6-1, 6-2