Prague Open: Yuan knocks out Shuai Zhang in all-Chinese encounter

Yue Yuan moved into the last 16 of the Prague Open by defeating No 3 seed Shuai Zhang 6-2, 6-2 at TK Sparta Praha.

Yuan, ranked No 116, will play the winner of the match between qualifier Gabriela Knutson and wildcard Tereza Martincova next.

Prague WTA 250, other 32 results (TK Sparta Praha, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):

• Barbora Strycova vs. Ankita Raina
• Elvina Kalieva vs. Linda Noskova
• Xiyu Wang vs. Clara Tauson
• Heather Watson vs. Jule Niemeier
• Gabriela Knutson vs. Tereza Martincova: tuesday
• Yanina Wickmayer vs. Lin Zhu: tuesday
• Alize Cornet (6) beat Lucie Havlickova (WC): 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
• Kaia Kanepi beat Lucrezia Stefanini: 6-2, 6-3
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Patricia Maria Tig: 6-2, 6-2
• Emiliana Arango (Q) beat Barbora Palicova (WC): 6-3, 6-2
• Jaqueline Cristian beat Marie Bouzkova (1): 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
• Viktoria Hruncakova (Q) beat Xinyu Wang (7): 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Nao Hibino (LL) beat Sara Errani: 7-5, 3-6, 6-4
• Kateryna Baindl (8) beat Dayana Yastremska (Q): 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
• Tamara Korpatsch (Q) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-2, 6-4