Hong Kong Open: Shi reaches second round

Chinese qualifier Shi Han moved into the second round of the Hong Kong Open by beating Russian Margarita Gasparyan 6-4, 6-2 at Victoria Park, Causeway Bay on Monday.

Shi, ranked No 245, will face American Bernarda Pera, the No 9 seed, next.

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

• 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
• Nao Hibino vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Xinyu Gao vs. Suzan Lamens
• Jessika Ponchet vs. Xinyu Wang
• Yue Yuan vs. Simona Halep
• Xiyu Wang vs. Hina Inoue
• Bernarda Pera beat Sara Saito: 6-4, 6-4
• Priscilla Hon beat Eudice Wong Chong (WC): 6-3, 6-4

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