Hong Kong Open: Second seed Boulter advances to second round
The Brit will take on China’s Xiyu Wang in the next round
Katie Boulter, Linz 2024
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Second seed Katie Boulter reached the second round of the Hong Kong Open by defeating Japanese Aoi Ito 6-4, 6-4 at Victoria Park, Causeway Bay on Tuesday.
Boulter, ranked No 29, will face Chinese Wang Xiyu next.
Hong Kong WTA 250, other first-round matches (Victoria Park, Causeway Bay, hard, USD 267,082):
- Suzan Lamens beat Xinyu Gao (Q): 6-3, 6-0
- Jessika Ponchet beat Xinyu Wang (4): 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
- Yue Yuan (6) beat Simona Halep (WC): 6-3, 6-3
- Han Shi (Q) beat Margarita Gasparyan: 6-4, 6-2
- Xiyu Wang beat Hina Inoue (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (2)
- Bernarda Pera (9) beat Sara Saito: 6-4, 6-4
- Priscilla Hon beat Eudice Wong Chong (WC): 6-3, 6-4
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Heather Watson
- Mei Yamaguchi vs. Sofia Kenin
- Su Jeong Jang vs. Anastasia Zakharova
- Ana Bogdan vs. Kimberly Birrell
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Tatiana Prozorova
- Diana Shnaider vs. Kyoka Okamura
- Hong Yi Cody Wong vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Nao Hibino vs. Jia-Jing Lu
