China Open: Sramkova advances to third round

Slovak qualifier Rebecca Sramkova won against Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 22 seed, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the third round of the China Open at the National Tennis Center in Beijing on Friday.

Sramkova, ranked No 61, will face Spaniard Paula Badosa, the No 15 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the Slovak beat Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina (6-4, 6-0).

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
• Camila Osorio vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Sijia Wei vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Mananchaya Sawangkaew
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Jana Fett
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Magda Linette
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Clara Tauson
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Elise Mertens
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Clara Burel vs. Coco Gauff
• Magdalena Frech vs. Alycia Parks: friday
• 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 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