Hong Kong Open: Bucsa moves into second round to face Lamens

Spaniard Cristina Bucsa, the No 8 seed, won against wildcard Hong Yi Cody Wong 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the second round of the Hong Kong Open at Victoria Park, Causeway Bay on Tuesday.

Bucsa, ranked No 71, will play Dutchwoman Suzan Lamens next.

Hong Kong WTA 250, other first-round matches (Victoria Park, Causeway Bay, hard, USD 267,082):

• Katie Boulter (2) beat Aoi Ito: 6-4, 6-4
• Nao Hibino beat Jia-Jing Lu (LL): 6-7 (4), 6-3, 7-5
• Suzan Lamens beat Xinyu Gao (Q): 6-3, 6-0
• Jessika Ponchet beat Xinyu Wang (4): 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
• Yue Yuan (6) beat Simona Halep (WC): 6-3, 6-3
• Han Shi (Q) beat Margarita Gasparyan: 6-4, 6-2
• Xiyu Wang beat Hina Inoue (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (2)
• Bernarda Pera (9) beat Sara Saito: 6-4, 6-4
• Priscilla Hon beat Eudice Wong Chong (WC): 6-3, 6-4
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Heather Watson
• Mei Yamaguchi vs. Sofia Kenin
• Su Jeong Jang vs. Anastasia Zakharova
• Ana Bogdan vs. Kimberly Birrell
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Tatiana Prozorova
• Diana Shnaider vs. Kyoka Okamura