Singapore Open: Timofeeva beats Wang to move into second round
Maria Timofeeva won against Xiyu Wang 6-3, 7-6 (3) on Tuesday night and will play American Ann Li in the next round
Maria Timofeeva – Icon SMI / Panoramic
Russian lucky loser Maria Timofeeva beat Chinese Xiyu Wang 6-3, 7-6 (3) to reach the second round of the Singapore Open at the Kallang Tennis Hub.
Timofeeva, ranked No 254, will face American Ann Li next.
Singapore WTA 250, other first-round results (Kallang Tennis Hub, USD 275.094, most recent results first):
- Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Tatjana Maria
- Taylor Townsend vs. Elise Mertens
- Jil Teichmann vs. Harriet Dart
- Rebecca Marino vs. Xinyu Wang
- Moyuka Uchijima vs. Olivia Gadecki: tuesday
- Kimberly Birrell (WC) beat Polina Kudermetova (5): 6-3, 6-2
- Hailey Baptiste beat Renata Zarazua: 2-6, 6-0, 6-3
- Simona Waltert (Q) beat Ajla Tomljanovic: 6-2, 6-3
- Dominika Salkova (Q) beat Erika Andreeva: 7-6 (5), 6-2
- Anna Kalinskaya (1) beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
- Mananchaya Sawangkaew (Q) beat Sijia Wei (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (2)
- Cristina Bucsa beat Emma Raducanu (7): 5-7, 7-5, 7-5
- Maya Joint (Q) beat Alycia Parks: 4-6, 6-1, 7-5
- Ann Li beat Daria Saville: 6-3, 6-1
- Camila Osorio (6) beat Bernarda Pera: 6-1, 6-7, 6-3
