China Open: Incredible comeback from Osaka to reach third round

Japanese Naomi Osaka reached the third round of the China Open by beating Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, the No 21 seed, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 at the National Tennis Center in Beijing on Friday.

Osaka, ranked No 73, will face American Katie Volynets next.

With new coach Patrick Mouratoglou looking on, she broke an unwanted 22-match streak – losing every match at WTA level after losing the first set – including Olympics and team events.

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Ahead of her victory, the Japanese won against Italian Lucia Bronzetti (6-3, 6-2).

Beijing WTA 1000, other second-round results (National Tennis Center, hard, USD 8.955.610, most recent results first):

• Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Viktorija Golubic vs. Donna Vekic
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
• Madison Keys vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Yue Yuan vs. Karolina Muchova
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Lulu Sun
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Nadia Podoroska
• Camila Osorio vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Sijia Wei vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Mananchaya Sawangkaew
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Jana Fett
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Magda Linette
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Clara Tauson
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Elise Mertens
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Clara Burel vs. Coco Gauff
• Magdalena Frech vs. Alycia Parks
• Rebecca Sramkova vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova: friday
• Jessica Pegula (2) beat Diane Parry: 6-1, 7-6 (4)
• Katie Volynets beat Marta Kostyuk (14): 7-5, 6-3
• Peyton Stearns beat Leylah Fernandez (20): 7-5, 6-2
• Elina Avanesyan beat Caroline Dolehide (33): 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
• Paula Badosa (15) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-3, 6-2
• Anna Kalinskaya (10) beat Hailey Baptiste (Q): 3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5)
• Veronika Kudermetova (32) beat Xinyu Wang: 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
• Katie Boulter (26) beat Taylor Townsend: 6-4, 6-4
• Diana Shnaider (12) beat Sofia Kenin: 6-2, 6-3
• Shuai Zhang (WC) beat Emma Navarro (6): 6-4, 6-2
• Greet Minnen beat Anastasia Potapova (28): 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
• Yuliia Starodubtseva (Q) beat Katerina Siniakova (27): 6-2, 6-2