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
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
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