Jiangxi Open: Siegemund knocks out Wang to move into the second round
Laura Siegemund defeated Xinyu Wang 6-1, 7-5. She’ll play Norwegian lucky loser Ulrikke Eikeri in the next round
Laura Siegemund at the 2023 US Open
Jiangxi Open •Third round •
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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
