Zhengzhou Open: Lesia Tsurenko beats Russian lucky loser Schnaider to reach second round

Ukrainian qualifier Lesia Tsurenko moved into the second round of the Zhengzhou Open by winning against Russian lucky loser Diana Shnaider 6-4, 6-2 at Zhongyuan Tennis Training Base Management Center.

Tsurenko, ranked No 43, will face Croat Donna Vekic, the No 10 seed, next.

Zhengzhou WTA 500, other first-round results (Zhongyuan Tennis Training Base Management Center, hard, USD 780.637, most recent results first):

• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Tamara Korpatsch vs. Zhuoxuan Bai
• Lin Zhu vs. Laura Siegemund
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Tatjana Maria
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Vera Zvonareva
• Petra Martic vs. Magda Linette
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Ellen Perez
• Kateryna Volodko vs. Qinwen Zheng: monday
• Jasmine Paolini beat Moyuka Uchijima (LL): 6-2, 6-3
• Lucia Bronzetti beat Hanyu Guo (WC): 7-5, 6-1
• Donna Vekic beat Nao Hibino (Q): 6-4, 6-2