China Open: Minnen defeats Potapova in second round

Belgian Greet Minnen edged out Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 28 seed, 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 to reach the third round of the China Open at the National Tennis Center in Beijing on Friday.

Minnen, ranked No 94, will next face Chinese wildcard Shuai Zhang, who bettered seed No 6 Emma Navarro in the second round.

The Belgian beat Russian Erika Andreeva (7-5, 6-2) in the previous round of the Beijing tournament.

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

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

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