Guangzhou Open: Wang advances to second round
Xiyu Wang beat Francesca Jones 6-4, 6-4 on Monday
Chryslene Caillaud / Panoramic
Guangzhou Open •Third round •
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Chinese wildcard Xiyu Wang won against Englishwoman Francesca Jones, the No 7 seed, 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the second round of the Guangzhou Open at the Nansha International Tennis Center on Monday.
Wang, ranked No 163, will play the winner of the match between Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Frenchwoman Diane Parry next.
Guangzhou WTA 250, other first-round results (Nansha International Tennis Center, hard, USD 275.094, most recent results first):
- Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Alycia Parks
- Alexandra Eala vs. Claire Liu
- Kaja Juvan vs. Catherine McNally
- Shuai Zhang vs. Anastasia Zakharova
- Katarzyna Kawa vs. Katie Volynets
- Polina Kudermetova vs. Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah
- Anna Bondar vs. Hanyu Guo
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Lulu Sun
- Alina Korneeva vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Ella Seidel vs. Leolia Jeanjean
- Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva vs. Ann Li
- Camila Osorio vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Yafan Wang vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Diane Parry
- Veronika Erjavec beat Tatjana Maria (3): 6-4, 6-7 (7), 6-2
