China Open: Volynets through to second round to face Kostyuk

American Katie Volynets moved into the second round of the China Open by winning against Hungarian qualifier Dalma Galfi 7-5, 6-1 at the National Tennis Center in Beijing on Wednesday.

Volynets, ranked No 60, will play No 14 seed Marta Kostyuk next.

Beijing WTA 1000, other first round matches (National Tennis Center, hard, USD 8,955,610):

• Naomi Osaka beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-3, 6-2
• Taylor Townsend beat Martina Trevisan: 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
• Yuliia Starodubtseva (Q) beat Laura Siegemund: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Xinyu Wang beat Mai Hontama (LL): 6-1, 6-3
• Viktoriya Tomova beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-3, 6-3
• Sofia Kenin beat Ana Bogdan: 7-5, 6-2
• Greet Minnen beat Erika Andreeva: 7-5, 6-2
• Yafan Wang vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Anna Blinkova vs. Karolina Muchova
• Zarina Diyas vs. Mananchaya Sawangkaew
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse vs. Sijia Wei
• YeXin Ma vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
• Anna Bondar vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Viktorija Golubic vs. Xiyu Wang
• Yufei Ren vs. Nadia Podoroska
• Harriet Dart vs. Clara Tauson
• Arina Rodionova vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Xinyu Gao vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Kimberly Birrell vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
• Camila Osorio vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
• Meiling Wang vs. Jana Fett
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Han Shi
• Xinxin Yao vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Rebecca Sramkova
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Hailey Baptiste
• Diane Parry vs. En-Shuo Liang
• Qiang Wang vs. Alycia Parks
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Peyton Stearns
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Emina Bektas
• Shuai Zhang vs. McCartney Kessler
• Clara Burel vs. Tamara Korpatsch