Guangzhou Open: Cristian moves into second round

Romanian Jaqueline Cristian advanced to the second round of the Guangzhou Open by defeating Swiss Viktorija Golubic 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 at the Nansha International Tennis Center on Monday.

Cristian, ranked No 74, will play the winner of the match between Italian Lucia Bronzetti and Armenian Elina Avanesyan, the No 4 seed, next.

Guangzhou WTA 250, other first-round results (Nansha International Tennis Center, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Shuai Zhang vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
• Suzan Lamens vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Harriet Dart vs. Caroline Dolehide
• Yue Yuan vs. Greet Minnen
• Alexandra Eala vs. Bernarda Pera
• Anna Bondar vs. Alycia Parks
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Petra Martic
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Jana Fett
• Xiyu Wang vs. Arantxa Rus
• Olivia Gadecki vs. Mananchaya Sawangkaew
• Han Shi vs. Jessika Ponchet
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Emina Bektas vs. Diane Parry
• Olga Danilovic beat Erika Andreeva: 6-4, 6-4
• Sijia Wei (WC) beat Rebecca Sramkova (6): 6-1, 6-4