Guangzhou Open: Bronzetti upsets fourth seed Avanesyan in first round
The Italian will play Romanian Jaqueline Cristian in the second round
Imago / Panoramic
Italian Lucia Bronzetti reached the second round of the Guangzhou Open by winning against Armenian Elina Avanesyan, the No 4 seed, 6-1, 6-4 at the Nansha International Tennis Center on Tuesday.
Bronzetti, ranked No 84, will face Romanian Jaqueline Cristian next.
Guangzhou WTA 250, other first-round matches (Nansha International Tennis Center, hard, USD 267,082):
- Diane Parry (5) beat Emina Bektas (LL): 6-3, 6-2
- Jaqueline Cristian beat Viktorija Golubic: 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
- Olga Danilovic beat Erika Andreeva: 6-4, 6-4
- Sijia Wei (WC) beat Rebecca Sramkova (6): 6-1, 6-4
- 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
- Ella Seidel vs. Mananchaya Sawangkaew
- Han Shi vs. Jessika Ponchet
You might also like this
“The players start to master much better UTS and the format” – Patrick Mouratoglou reflects on UTS Frankfurt
tennis majors
VIDEO: “The Mountain” Ben Shelton wins his first UTS title in Frankfurt
tennis majors
WTA rankings: Sabalenka topples Swiatek, Kasatkina back in top 10
tennis majors
Patrick Mouratoglou: “That is my challenge; to bring Naomi back to her best level”
tennis majors
You might also like this
People in this post
More tennis news
September 5, 2026
September 5, 1996: The day Pete Sampras was sick on court but still beat Alex Corretja at US Open
Pete Sampras had a tough 1996, on and off the court, but brought...
Alexandre Sokolowski
September 5, 2026
“Nowhere near my best” – Shelton serves for the second set twice, loses it, and finishes at 2:15am
Ben Shelton served for the second set twice, lost it, and said afterwards...
Tennis Majors
September 5, 2026
Two top-10 seeds go out of the bottom half, and the Wimbledon finalists take opposite paths
The upper half of the women's draw has lost both of its top-10...
Tennis Majors
September 5, 2026
From 1am and five sets to under two hours: Tiafoe reaches the second week again
Frances Tiafoe needed nearly four hours and a 1am finish to survive his...
Tennis Majors
September 5, 2026
“They’re starting to embrace me” – Tsitsipas reaches a first US Open fourth round
Stefanos Tsitsipas says he has never had support like this in New York,...
Tennis Majors
Your comments