Osaka champion Lamens reaches second round in Hong Kong

Dutchwoman Suzan Lamens won against Chinese qualifier Gao Xinyu 6-3, 6-0 to reach the second round of the Hong Kong Open at Victoria Park, Causeway Bay on Tuesday.

She has now won eight of her last nine matches on the tour, having won the Osaka title as a qualifier.

Lamens, ranked No 91 and winner of the Osaka WTA 250 title recently, will face the winner of the match between wildcard Hong Yi Cody Wong and Spaniard Cristina Bucsa, the No 8 seed, next.

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

• 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
• Hong Yi Cody Wong vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Diana Shnaider vs. Kyoka Okamura
• Aoi Ito vs. Katie Boulter: tuesday
• Nao Hibino vs. Jia-Jing Lu

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