China Open: Bucsa knocks out Samsonova in second round

Spaniard Cristina Bucsa moved into the third round of the China Open by edging out Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 11 seed, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 at the National Tennis Center in Beijing on Saturday.

Bucsa, ranked No 79, will play the winner of the match between Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 24 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the Spaniard beat Chinese wildcard Xinxin Yao (6-3, 6-2).

Beijing WTA 1000, other second-round results (National Tennis Center, hard, USD 8.955.610, most recent results first):

• Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Viktorija Golubic vs. Donna Vekic
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
• Madison Keys vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Yue Yuan vs. Karolina Muchova
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Lulu Sun
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Nadia Podoroska
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Sijia Wei vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Mananchaya Sawangkaew
• Camila Osorio vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Daria Kasatkina (9) beat Jana Fett (LL): 6-1, 6-2
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Magda Linette
• Jasmine Paolini (3) beat Clara Tauson: 1-6, 7-5, 6-4
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Elise Mertens
• Coco Gauff (4) beat Clara Burel: 7-5, 6-3
• Magdalena Frech (23) beat Alycia Parks (Q): 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
• Rebecca Sramkova (Q) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (22): 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
• Naomi Osaka beat Yulia Putintseva (21): 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Jessica Pegula (2) beat Diane Parry: 6-1, 7-6 (4)
• Katie Volynets beat Marta Kostyuk (14): 7-5, 6-3
• Peyton Stearns beat Leylah Fernandez (20): 7-5, 6-2
• Elina Avanesyan beat Caroline Dolehide (33): 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
• Paula Badosa (15) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-3, 6-2
• Anna Kalinskaya (10) beat Hailey Baptiste (Q): 3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5)
• Veronika Kudermetova (32) beat Xinyu Wang: 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
• Katie Boulter (26) beat Taylor Townsend: 6-4, 6-4
• Diana Shnaider (12) beat Sofia Kenin: 6-2, 6-3
• Shuai Zhang (WC) beat Emma Navarro (6): 6-4, 6-2
• Greet Minnen beat Anastasia Potapova (28): 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
• Yuliia Starodubtseva (Q) beat Katerina Siniakova (27): 6-2, 6-2

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