Jiangxi Open: Sasnovich moves into second round

Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich advanced to the second round of the Jiangxi Open by winning against Slovak Viktoria Hruncakova 6-1, 6-3 at Nanchang International Tennis Center on Tuesday night.

Sasnovich, ranked No 90, will face Russian Valeria Savinykh next.

Nanchang WTA 250, other first-round results (Nanchang International Tennis Center, USD 259.303, most recent results first):

• Laura Siegemund vs. Xinyu Wang
• Yuhan Wang vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Kathinka von Deichmann
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Kamilla Rakhimova: tuesday
• Leylah Fernandez beat Hanyu Guo (WC): 6-1, 6-3
• Ulrikke Eikeri (LL) beat Kaja Juvan: 6-2, 1-2 ret.
• Valeria Savinykh beat Magda Linette (2): 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (3)
• Xiaodi You (Q) beat Anna Blinkova (6): 6-1, 6-1
• Nao Hibino beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (1): 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Diana Shnaider beat Lin Zhu (5): 6-4, 6-0
• Kimberly Birrell beat Sijia Wei (Q): 7-5, 7-5
• Sara Sorribes Tormo (8) beat Xinyu Jiang (WC): 6-4, 6-0
• Camila Osorio beat YeXin Ma (Q): 6-1, 6-0
• Amina Anshba (LL) beat Elina Avanesyan: 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Vera Zvonareva beat Arianne Hartono: 6-1, 6-2