China Open: Krueger sets up Sabalenka clash in third round

American Ashlyn Krueger won against New Zealander Lulu Sun, the No 29 seed, 6-1, 7-6 (4) to advance to the third round of the China Open at the National Tennis Center in Beijing on Saturday.

Krueger, ranked No 68, will play Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the 20-year-old American beat Chinese Yafan Wang (3-6, 6-4, 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
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Nadia Podoroska
• Madison Keys vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Karolina Muchova beat Yue Yuan (30): 6-3, 6-1
• Jaqueline Cristian beat Barbora Krejcikova (7): 1-6, 6-4, 7-5
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (13) beat Sijia Wei (WC): 7-5, 6-4
• Aryna Sabalenka beat Mananchaya Sawangkaew (Q): 6-4, 6-1
• Amanda Anisimova (34) beat Camila Osorio: 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Daria Kasatkina (9) beat Jana Fett (LL): 6-1, 6-2
• Magda Linette (31) beat Moyuka Uchijima: 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
• Jasmine Paolini (3) beat Clara Tauson: 1-6, 7-5, 6-4
• Elise Mertens (24) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3
• Cristina Bucsa beat Liudmila Samsonova (11): 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
• 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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