Erika Andreeva wins sister battle with surprise victory over Mirra in Wuhan

Lucky loser Erika Andreeva won the battle of the sisters as she beat No 16 seed Mirra Andreeva 6-3, 6-1 to move into the last 16 of the Wuhan Open at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center on Wednesday.

Andreeva, ranked No 70, will face Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 3 seed, next.

Erika Andreeva defeated Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska (7-5, 6-4) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round of the Wuhan tournament, Andreeva, ranked No 19, won against Chinese wildcard Xiyu Wang (7-6 (5), 6-3).

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

• Yue Yuan vs. Jasmine Paolini: wednesday
• Jessica Pegula (2) beat Anastasia Potapova: 6-2, 2-0 ret.
• Qinwen Zheng (5) beat Jaqueline Cristian (WC): 6-2, 6-4
• Amanda Anisimova vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Xinyu Wang beat Lucia Bronzetti (LL): 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (9) beat Veronika Kudermetova: 6-1, 6-4
• Coco Gauff (4) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-1, 6-2
• Leylah Fernandez beat Kamilla Rakhimova (LL): 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (4)
• Magdalena Frech beat Emma Navarro (6): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
• Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Anna Kalinskaya (10): 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-1
• Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-4, 6-4
• Magda Linette beat Lesia Tsurenko (Q): 5-2 ret.
• Hailey Baptiste (Q) beat Barbora Krejcikova (7): 6-3, 7-5
• Yulia Putintseva beat Donna Vekic (15): 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
• Daria Kasatkina (8) beat Bernarda Pera (Q): 6-4, 1-6, 6-1