Hong Kong Open: Sorribes Tormo moves into second round

Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo reached the second round of the Hong Kong Open by defeating wildcard Ho Ching Wu 6-1, 6-0 on Wednesday.

Sorribes Tormo, ranked No 57, will play China’s Xinyu Wang, the No 4 seed, next.

Hong Kong Open WTA 250, other first-round matches (Hard, USD 259,303):

• Magdalena Frech beat Anna Danilina (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Xinyu Wang beat Elina Avanesyan: 6-2, 4-1 ret.
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Jana Fett: 6-0, 6-0
• Linda Fruhvirtova beat Peyton Stearns (7): 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Leylah Fernandez beat Victoria Azarenka (1): 2-6, 6-3 ret.
• Martina Trevisan (6) beat Cristina Bucsa: 7-5, 6-2
• Anna Blinkova (5) beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-4, 2-6, 5-1 ret.
• Priscilla Hon beat Eudice Wong Chong (WC): 7-5, 7-5
• Kamilla Rakhimova beat Varvara Gracheva (8): 6-3, 6-2
• Mirra Andreeva beat Dayana Yastremska: 6-4, 6-3
• Katerina Siniakova beat Xiyu Wang: 6-4, 7-6 (7)
• Sofya Lansere vs. Hong Yi Cody Wong
• Alina Korneeva vs. Valeria Savinykh
• Daria Saville vs. Elise Mertens
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia

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