Hong Kong Open: Pera books spot in second round

American Bernarda Pera, the No 9 seed, defeated Japanese Sara Saito 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the second round of the Hong Kong Open at Victoria Park, Causeway Bay on Monday.

Pera, ranked No 81, will face the winner of the match between Russian Margarita Gasparyan and Chinese qualifier Han Shi next.

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

• Aoi Ito vs. Katie Boulter
• Su Jeong Jang vs. Anastasia Zakharova
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Tatiana Prozorova
• Mei Yamaguchi vs. Sofia Kenin
• Nao Hibino vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Ana Bogdan vs. Kimberly Birrell
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Heather Watson
• Hong Yi Cody Wong vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Xinyu Gao vs. Suzan Lamens
• Diana Shnaider vs. Kyoka Okamura
• Jessika Ponchet vs. Xinyu Wang
• Yue Yuan vs. Simona Halep
• Xiyu Wang vs. Hina Inoue
• Margarita Gasparyan vs. Han Shi
• Priscilla Hon beat Eudice Wong Chong (WC): 6-3, 6-4

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