Wuhan Open: Kostyuk moves into second round
Marta Kostyuk edged out Elina Avanesyan 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (2) on Tuesday afternoon and will play American Amanda Anisimova in the next round
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Dongfeng Voyah Wuhan Open •Second round •
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Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, the No 13 seed, reached the second round of the Wuhan Open by edging out Armenian Elina Avanesyan 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (2) at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center on Tuesday afternoon.
Kostyuk, ranked No 17, will play American Amanda Anisimova next.
Wuhan WTA 1000, other first-round results (Optics Valley International Tennis Center, hard, USD 3.221.715, most recent results first):
- Lucia Bronzetti (LL) beat Ajla Tomljanovic: 6-1, 7-6 (2)
- Mirra Andreeva (16) beat Xiyu Wang (WC): 7-6 (5), 6-3
- Veronika Kudermetova beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Kamilla Rakhimova (LL) beat Moyuka Uchijima (Q): 6-1, 6-2
- Yulia Putintseva beat Shuai Zhang: 6-4, 6-4
- Lesia Tsurenko (Q) beat Katie Boulter: 6-2, 7-5
- Amanda Anisimova beat Cristina Bucsa (Q): 6-2, 6-4
- Viktoriya Tomova beat Ashlyn Krueger: 1-6, 7-6 (8), 7-5
- Katerina Siniakova beat Alexandra Eala (WC): 6-3, 6-1
- Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Sofia Kenin: 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
- Jaqueline Cristian (WC) beat Camila Osorio (Q): 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Magda Linette beat Liudmila Samsonova (11): 6-2, 6-2
- Magdalena Frech beat Mai Hontama (Q): 6-0, 6-4
- Anna Kalinskaya (10) beat Anna Bondar (Q): 6-1, 6-3
- Donna Vekic (15) beat Elise Mertens: 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
- Xinyu Wang beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-4, 6-0
- Hailey Baptiste (Q) beat Diane Parry: 6-4, 7-5
- Bernarda Pera (Q) beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
- Erika Andreeva (LL) beat Dayana Yastremska: 7-5, 6-4
- Yue Yuan beat Clara Burel (LL): 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Leylah Fernandez beat Diana Shnaider (12): 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-3
- Anastasia Potapova beat Katie Volynets (WC): 5-7, 6-3, 7-5
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (9) beat Madison Keys: 7-6 (7), 6-2
