China Open: Avanesyan advances to third round

Armenian Elina Avanesyan won against American Caroline Dolehide, the No 33 seed, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 to move into the third round of the China Open at the National Tennis Center in Beijing on Friday.

Avanesyan, ranked No 47, will play Ukrainian qualifier Yuliia Starodubtseva next.

Ahead of her victory, the 22-year-old Armenian beat American lucky loser Emina Bektas (6-2, 7-5).

Beijing WTA 1000, other second-round results (National Tennis Center, hard, USD 8.955.610, most recent results first):

• Viktorija Golubic vs. Donna Vekic
• Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
• Madison Keys vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Yue Yuan vs. Karolina Muchova
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Lulu Sun
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Nadia Podoroska
• Camila Osorio vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Sijia Wei vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Mananchaya Sawangkaew
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Jana Fett
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Magda Linette
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Clara Tauson
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Elise Mertens
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Clara Burel vs. Coco Gauff
• Magdalena Frech vs. Alycia Parks
• Rebecca Sramkova vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Naomi Osaka vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Diane Parry vs. Jessica Pegula
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Katie Volynets
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Peyton Stearns
• Paula Badosa (15) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-3, 6-2
• Anna Kalinskaya (10) beat Hailey Baptiste (Q): 3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5)
• Veronika Kudermetova (32) beat Xinyu Wang: 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
• Katie Boulter (26) beat Taylor Townsend: 6-4, 6-4
• Diana Shnaider (12) beat Sofia Kenin: 6-2, 6-3
• Shuai Zhang (WC) beat Emma Navarro (6): 6-4, 6-2
• Greet Minnen beat Anastasia Potapova (28): 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
• Yuliia Starodubtseva beat Katerina Siniakova (27): 6-2, 6-2

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