Jiangxi Open: Rakhimova books spot in second round
Kamilla Rakhimova edged out Petra Martic on Monday and will face Russian Elena Pridankina in the next round
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Russian Kamilla Rakhimova, the No 5 seed, reached the second round of the Jiangxi Open by edging out Croat Petra Martic 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 at the Nanchang International Tennis Center on Monday.
Rakhimova, ranked No 63, will play Russian Elena Pridankina next.
Nanchang WTA 250, other first-round results (Nanchang International Tennis Center, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Shuai Zhang vs. Rebecca Sramkova
- Mai Hontama vs. Sijia Wei
- Wushuang Zheng vs. Martina Trevisan
- Anna Bondar vs. Arianne Hartono
- Laura Siegemund vs. Moyuka Uchijima
- Jana Fett vs. Saisai Zheng
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Mananchaya Sawangkaew
- Xiaodi You vs. Viktorija Golubic
- Fangzhou Liu vs. Xinxin Yao
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Alexandra Eala
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Zarina Diyas
- Elena Pridankina beat Ella Seidel: 6-3, 7-6 (6)
- Linda Fruhvirtova beat Kathinka von Deichmann: 6-0, 7-5
- Tamara Korpatsch beat Priska Nugroho (Q): 6-0, 6-1
- Arantxa Rus (6) beat Yuliia Starodubtseva: 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-3
