Guangzhou Open: Erjavec advances to second round, defeating seeded Maria

Slovenian Veronika Erjavec reached the second round of the Guangzhou Open by winning against German Tatjana Maria, the No 3 seed, 6-4, 6-7 (7), 6-2 at the Nansha International Tennis Center on Monday night.

Erjavec, ranked No 100, will play the winner of the match between Chinese wildcard Shuai Zhang and Russian Anastasia Zakharova next.

Guangzhou WTA 250, other first-round results (Nansha International Tennis Center, hard, USD 275.094, most recent results first):

• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Alycia Parks
• Alexandra Eala vs. Claire Liu
• Kaja Juvan vs. Catherine McNally
• Shuai Zhang vs. Anastasia Zakharova
• Katarzyna Kawa vs. Katie Volynets
• Polina Kudermetova vs. Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah
• Anna Bondar vs. Hanyu Guo
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Lulu Sun
• Alina Korneeva vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Ella Seidel vs. Leolia Jeanjean
• Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva vs. Ann Li
• Camila Osorio vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Yafan Wang vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Diane Parry
• Francesca Jones vs. Xiyu Wang: monday