Jiangxi Open: Rakhimova books spot in second round

Russian Kamilla Rakhimova, the No 5 seed, reached the second round of the Jiangxi Open by edging out Croat Petra Martic 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 at the Nanchang International Tennis Center on Monday.

Rakhimova, ranked No 63, will play Russian Elena Pridankina next.

Nanchang WTA 250, other first-round results (Nanchang International Tennis Center, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Shuai Zhang vs. Rebecca Sramkova
• Mai Hontama vs. Sijia Wei
• Wushuang Zheng vs. Martina Trevisan
• Anna Bondar vs. Arianne Hartono
• Laura Siegemund vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Jana Fett vs. Saisai Zheng
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Mananchaya Sawangkaew
• Xiaodi You vs. Viktorija Golubic
• Fangzhou Liu vs. Xinxin Yao
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Alexandra Eala
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Zarina Diyas
• Elena Pridankina beat Ella Seidel: 6-3, 7-6 (6)
• Linda Fruhvirtova beat Kathinka von Deichmann: 6-0, 7-5
• Tamara Korpatsch beat Priska Nugroho (Q): 6-0, 6-1
• Arantxa Rus (6) beat Yuliia Starodubtseva: 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-3

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