WTA Hobart: Wang overcomes Gadecki in three

China’s Xinyu Wang, the No 4 seed, beat Australian wildcard Olivia Gadecki 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 to advance to the second round of the Hobart International at the Hobart ’s Domain Tennis Centre on Tuesday night.

Wang, ranked No 34, will play Chinese qualifier Yue Yuan next.

Hobart WTA 250, other first-round results (Hobart ’s Domain Tennis Centre, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Clara Burel vs. Emma Navarro
• Magdalena Frech (Q) beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 0-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Marie Bouzkova (5) beat Viktorija Golubic (Q): 6-2, 6-4
• Yue Yuan beat Sloane Stephens: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
• Tatjana Maria (9) beat Nadia Podoroska (LL): 6-1, 4-3 ret.
• Yulia Putintseva (Q) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 0-6, 7-5, 7-6 (4)
• Sofia Kenin (6) beat Greet Minnen: 6-3, 6-3
• Viktoriya Tomova (LL) beat Martina Trevisan: 6-3, 6-3
• Caroline Dolehide beat Mayar Sherif: 6-1, 6-4
• Lin Zhu (3) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 7-5, 6-1
• Daria Saville (WC) beat Anna Blinkova: 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Elise Mertens (1) beat Danielle Collins: 6-2, 6-3
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Q) beat Camila Osorio (Q): 1-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5
• Varvara Gracheva (8) beat Peyton Stearns: 7-6 (3), 3-6, 7-5
• Arantxa Rus beat Linda Fruhvirtova (LL): 6-3, 5-7, 6-3