Hong Kong Open: Top seed Shnaider into second round

Russian Diana Shnaider, the top seed, advanced to the second round of the Hong Kong Open by defeating Japanese qualifier Kyoka Okamura 6-3, 6-3 at Victoria Park, Causeway Bay on Tuesday.

Shnaider, ranked No 14, will face Australian Priscilla Hon next.

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

• 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
• 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

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