Jiangxi Open: Sijia moves into second round

China’s Wei Sijia advanced to the second round of the Jiangxi Open by winning against Japan’s Mai Hontama 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 on Tuesday.

Sijia, ranked No 132, will face the winner of the match between Chinese wildcard Shuai Zhang and Slovak Rebecca Sramkova, the second seed, next.

Jiangxi WTA 250, other first-round matches (Hard, USD 267,082):

• Laura Siegemund beat Moyuka Uchijima (3): 7-5, 6-3
• Martina Trevisan beat Wushuang Zheng (WC): 6-1, 6-2
• Anna Bondar beat Arianne Hartono: 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (3)
• Mananchaya Sawangkaew (Q) beat Lucia Bronzetti (7): 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
• Saisai Zheng (WC) beat Jana Fett: 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
• Viktorija Golubic beat Xiaodi You (Q): 7-5, 6-2
• Xinxin Yao (LL) beat Fangzhou Liu (Q): 6-2, 6-1
• Marie Bouzkova (1) beat Alexandra Eala: 7-5, 7-6 (4)
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (4) beat Zarina Diyas: 6-4, 6-2
• Elena Pridankina beat Ella Seidel: 6-3, 7-6 (6)
• Kamilla Rakhimova (5) beat Petra Martic: 6-1, 4-6, 7-5
• 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
• Shuai Zhang vs. Rebecca Sramkova

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