Wuhan Open: Pera reaches second round

American qualifier Bernarda Pera advanced to the second round of the Wuhan Open by defeating Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center on Monday.

Pera, ranked No 95, will play No 8 seed Daria Kasatkina next.

Wuhan WTA 1000, other first-round results (Optics Valley International Tennis Center, hard, USD 3.221.715, most recent results first):

• Alexandra Eala vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Xiyu Wang
• Paula Badosa vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Katie Boulter
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Shuai Zhang
• Karolina Muchova vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Amanda Anisimova vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Sofia Kenin vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Camila Osorio vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Magda Linette
• Mai Hontama vs. Magdalena Frech
• Anna Bondar vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Elise Mertens vs. Donna Vekic
• Xinyu Wang beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-4, 6-0
• Diane Parry vs. Hailey Baptiste: monday
• Erika Andreeva (LL) beat Dayana Yastremska: 7-5, 6-4
• Yue Yuan beat Clara Burel (LL): 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Leylah Fernandez beat Diana Shnaider (12): 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-3
• Anastasia Potapova beat Katie Volynets (WC): 5-7, 6-3, 7-5
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (9) beat Madison Keys: 7-6 (7), 6-2