Hong Kong Open: Mirra Andreeva books spot in second round

Russian Mirra Andreeva advanced to the second round of the Hong Kong Open by winning against Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska 6-4, 6-3 on Tuesday.

Andreeva, ranked No 50, will face the winner of the match between Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the top seed, and Canadian Leylah Fernandez next.

Hong Kong WTA 250, other first-round results, most recent results first):

• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Daria Saville vs. Elise Mertens
• Sofya Lansere vs. Hong Yi Cody Wong
• Anna Danilina vs. Magdalena Frech
• Ho Ching Wu vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Alina Korneeva vs. Valeria Savinykh
• Xinyu Wang vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Jana Fett
• Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Peyton Stearns
• Martina Trevisan vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Anna Blinkova
• Priscilla Hon vs. Eudice Wong Chong
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Kamilla Rakhimova: tuesday
• Xiyu Wang vs. Katerina Siniakova: tuesday