Hong Kong Open: Hibino moves into second round, meets Yue next
The Japanese woman edged out Jia-Jing Lu 6-7 (4), 6-3, 7-5 in the first round on Tuesday
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Japan’s Nao Hibino edged out Chinese lucky loser Jia-Jing Lu 6-7 (4), 6-3, 7-5 to move into the second round of the Hong Kong Open at Victoria Park, Causeway Bay on Tuesday.
Hibino, ranked No 159, will face Chinese Yuan Yue, the No 6 seed, next.
Hong Kong WTA 250, other first-round matches (Victoria Park, Causeway Bay, hard, USD 267,082):
- Katie Boulter (2) beat Aoi Ito: 6-4, 6-4
- Suzan Lamens beat Xinyu Gao (Q): 6-3, 6-0
- Jessika Ponchet beat Xinyu Wang (4): 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
- Yue Yuan 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
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