Hong Kong Open: Rakhimova moves into second round
Kamilla Rakhimova beat Varvara Gracheva 6-3, 6-2 on Tuesday night and will face Katerina Siniakova in the next round
Kamila Rakhimova (Zuma / Panoramic)
Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open •Third round •
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Russian Kamilla Rakhimova moved into the second round of the Hong Kong Open by winning against Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva, the No 8 seed, 6-3, 6-2 on Tuesday.
Rakhimova, ranked No 81, will face Katerina Siniakova 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: tuesday
- Mirra Andreeva beat Dayana Yastremska: 6-4, 6-3
- Katerina Siniakova beat Xiyu Wang: 6-4, 7-6 (7)
