China Open: Andreeva comes through tough Vekic test to reach last 16
Mirra Andreeva edged out Donna Vekic 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. She’ll face Pole Magda Linette, the No 31 seed, in the next round
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Russian Mirra Andreeva, the No 17 seed, reached the last 16 of the China Open by edging out Croat Donna Vekic, the No 16 seed, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 at the National Tennis Center in Beijing.
Andreeva, ranked No 22, will play Pole Magda Linette, the No 31 seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the 17-year-old Russian defeated Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu (6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-1).
Vekic, ranked No 20, edged out Swiss Viktorija Golubic (4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4) in the previous round of the Beijing tournament.
Beijing WTA 1000, other third-round results (National Tennis Center, hard, USD 8.955.610, most recent results first):
- Nadia Podoroska vs. Qinwen Zheng
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Amanda Anisimova: monday
- Magda Linette beat Jasmine Paolini (3): 6-4, 6-0
- Karolina Muchova beat Jaqueline Cristian: 6-1, 6-3
- Cristina Bucsa beat Elise Mertens (24): 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
- Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Ashlyn Krueger: 6-2, 6-2
- Naomi Osaka beat Katie Volynets: 6-3, 6-2
- Anna Kalinskaya (10) beat Peyton Stearns: 3-6, 6-3, 3-1 ret.
- Madison Keys (18) beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (13): 6-3, 6-3
- Coco Gauff (4) beat Katie Boulter (26): 7-5, 6-2
- Shuai Zhang (WC) beat Greet Minnen: 6-2, 6-3
- Jessica Pegula (2) beat Veronika Kudermetova (32): 6-7 (9), 6-1, 6-2
- Yuliia Starodubtseva (Q) beat Elina Avanesyan: 6-3, 6-1
- Paula Badosa (15) beat Rebecca Sramkova (Q): 7-5, 7-5
- Magdalena Frech (23) beat Diana Shnaider (12): 0-6, 6-3, 6-4
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