Guangzhou Open: Ponchet goes down to Shi in first round

Chinese wildcard Han Shi beat French qualifier Jessika Ponchet 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-3 to reach the second round of the Guangzhou Open at the Nansha International Tennis Center on Tuesday.

Shi, ranked No 254, will face Spaniard Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, the No 7 seed, next.

Guangzhou WTA 250, other first-round matches (Nansha International Tennis Center, hard, USD 267,082):

• Bernarda Pera beat Alexandra Eala (Q): 6-0, 6-3
• Xiyu Wang beat Arantxa Rus: 6-2, 6-4
• Mananchaya Sawangkaew (Q) beat Ella Seidel (LL): 6-1, 2-6, 6-2
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro beat Jana Fett (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Lucia Bronzetti beat Elina Avanesyan (4): 6-1, 6-4
• Diane Parry (5) beat Emina Bektas (LL): 6-3, 6-2
• Jaqueline Cristian beat Viktorija Golubic: 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
• Olga Danilovic beat Erika Andreeva: 6-4, 6-4
• Sijia Wei (WC) beat Rebecca Sramkova (6): 6-1, 6-4
• Shuai Zhang vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
• Suzan Lamens vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Yue Yuan vs. Greet Minnen
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Petra Martic
• Elena Pridankina vs. Caroline Dolehide
• Anna Bondar vs. Alycia Parks

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