Ningbo Open: Wang through to second round

Chinese wildcard Wang Xiyu reached the second round of the Ningbo Open by winning against Russian qualifier Kamilla Rakhimova 6-2, 6-0 at the Yinzhou Tennis Center on Monday.

Wang, ranked No 98, will face the winner of the match between Russian Diana Shnaider and Spaniard Paula Badosa, the No 8 seed, next.

Ningbo WTA 250, other first-round results (Yinzhou Tennis Center, hard, USD 922.573, most recent results first):

• Karolina Muchova vs. Olivia Gadecki
• Yue Yuan vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Xiaodi You
• Yafan Wang vs. Ella Seidel
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Magda Linette
• Katie Boulter vs. Sara Errani
• Diana Shnaider vs. Paula Badosa
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Varvara Lepchenko
• Tamara Korpatsch vs. Anna Bondar
• Yulia Putintseva beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-2, 6-0

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