Hong Kong Open: Fernandez moves into second round

Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 3 seed, advanced to the second round of the Hong Kong Open by beating Heather Watson 6-2, 6-2 at Victoria Park, Causeway Bay on Tuesday.

Fernandez, ranked No 32, will play Australian Kimberly Birrell next.

Hong Kong WTA 250, other first-round results (Victoria Park, Causeway Bay, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Su Jeong Jang vs. Anastasia Zakharova: tuesday
• Sofia Kenin beat Mei Yamaguchi (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Kimberly Birrell beat Ana Bogdan: 6-3, 6-4
• Varvara Gracheva (7) beat Tatiana Prozorova (Q): 2-6, 7-5, 6-2
• Diana Shnaider (1) beat Kyoka Okamura (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Cristina Bucsa (8) beat Hong Yi Cody Wong (WC): 6-3, 6-3
• 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