Jiangxi Open: Shnaider makes second round

Russian Diana Shnaider beat Chinese Lin Zhu, the No 5 seed, 6-4, 6-0 to reach the second round of the Jiangxi Open at Nanchang International Tennis Center on Monday afternoon.

Shnaider, ranked No 72, will face Russian Vera Zvonareva 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
• Viktoria Hruncakova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Kathinka von Deichmann
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Hanyu Guo
• Ulrikke Eikeri vs. Kaja Juvan
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
• Valeria Savinykh vs. Magda Linette
• Anna Blinkova vs. Xiaodi You
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Nao Hibino
• 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