Wuhan Open: Potapova through to second round
Anastasia Potapova edged out Katie Volynets 5-7, 6-3, 7-5 on Monday. She’ll play second seed Jessica Pegula in the next round
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Russian Anastasia Potapova edged out American wildcard Katie Volynets 5-7, 6-3, 7-5 to advance to the second round of the Wuhan Open at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center on Monday.
Potapova, ranked No 38, will face second seed Jessica Pegula next.
Wuhan WTA 1000, other first-round results (Optics Valley International Tennis Center, hard, USD 3.221.715, most recent results first):
- Elina Avanesyan vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Xiyu Wang
- Paula Badosa vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Katie Boulter
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Shuai Zhang
- Karolina Muchova vs. Moyuka Uchijima
- Amanda Anisimova vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Sofia Kenin vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Camila Osorio vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Magda Linette
- Alexandra Eala vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Elise Mertens vs. Donna Vekic
- Mai Hontama vs. Magdalena Frech
- Xinyu Wang vs. Caroline Dolehide
- Bernarda Pera vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
- Anna Bondar vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Diane Parry vs. Hailey Baptiste
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Erika Andreeva
- Yue Yuan vs. Clara Burel
- Leylah Fernandez beat Diana Shnaider (12): 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-3
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (9) beat Madison Keys: 7-6 (7), 6-2
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