Jiangxi Open: Zvonareva books spot in second round

Russian Vera Zvonareva defeated Dutchwoman Arianne Hartono 6-1, 6-2 to reach the second round of the Jiangxi Open at Nanchang International Tennis Center on Monday.

Zvonareva, ranked No 272, will face the winner of the match between Russian Diana Shnaider and Chinese Lin Zhu, the No 5 seed, next.

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

• Valeria Savinykh vs. Magda Linette
• Viktoria Hruncakova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Hanyu Guo
• Anna Blinkova vs. Xiaodi You
• Laura Siegemund vs. Xinyu Wang
• Ulrikke Eikeri vs. Kaja Juvan
• Yuhan Wang vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Kathinka von Deichmann
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Nao Hibino
• Diana Shnaider vs. Lin Zhu
• Xinyu Jiang vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Sijia Wei vs. Kimberly Birrell
• Camila Osorio beat YeXin Ma (Q): 6-1, 6-0
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Amina Anshba: monday