China Open: Linette upsets Paolini to reach last 16

Pole Magda Linette, the No 31 seed, won against Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 3 seed, 6-4, 6-0 to move into the last 16 of the China Open at the National Tennis Center in Beijing on Monday.

The match opened with Linette breaking Paolini’s in the first game. She then secured a double break but the Italian bounced back and returned on serve after the six games. Linette, the world No 45, eventually edged out with one more break-point conversion to take the set.

In the second set, Linette crushed through the French Open and Wimbledon finalist, scoring a bagel to end the match in less than 90 minutes.

Linette, ranked No 45, will face the winner of the match between Russian Mirra Andreeva, the No 17 seed, and Croat Donna Vekic, the No 16 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the Pole beat Japanese Moyuka Uchijima (6-4, 4-6, 6-3).

Paolini, ranked No 5, edged out Dane Clara Tauson (1-6, 7-5, 6-4) in the previous round of the Beijing tournament.

Beijing WTA 1000, other third-round results (National Tennis Center, hard, USD 8.955.610):

• Nadia Podoroska vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Donna Vekic
• Karolina Muchova beat Jaqueline Cristian: 6-1, 6-3
• Cristina Bucsa beat Elise Mertens (24): 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
• Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Ashlyn Krueger: 6-2, 6-2
• Naomi Osaka beat Katie Volynets: 6-3, 6-2
• Anna Kalinskaya (10) beat Peyton Stearns: 3-6, 6-3, 3-1 ret.
• Madison Keys (18) beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (13): 6-3, 6-3
• Coco Gauff (4) beat Katie Boulter (26): 7-5, 6-2
• Shuai Zhang (WC) beat Greet Minnen: 6-2, 6-3
• Jessica Pegula (2) beat Veronika Kudermetova (32): 6-7 (9), 6-1, 6-2
• Yuliia Starodubtseva (Q) beat Elina Avanesyan: 6-3, 6-1
• Paula Badosa (15) beat Rebecca Sramkova (Q): 7-5, 7-5
• Magdalena Frech (23) beat Diana Shnaider (12): 0-6, 6-3, 6-4

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