Boulter cruises past Errani in Ningbo opener

Katie Boulter moved into the second round of the Ningbo Open by winning against Italian qualifier Sara Errani 6-3, 6-2 at the Yinzhou Tennis Center on Tuesday night.

Boulter, ranked No 35, will play No 6 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia next.

Ningbo WTA 500, other first-round results (Yinzhou Tennis Center, hard, USD 922.573, most recent results first):

• Karolina Muchova vs. Olivia Gadecki
• Yue Yuan vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
• YeXin Ma vs. Xiaodi You: tuesday
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Priscilla Hon: tuesday
• Ella Seidel (LL) beat Kathinka von Deichmann (LL): 6-3, 6-1
• Katerina Siniakova beat Magda Linette: 6-2, 6-4
• Paula Badosa (8) beat Diana Shnaider: 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Mirra Andreeva beat Varvara Lepchenko (Q): 6-2, 6-0
• Xiyu Wang (WC) beat Kamilla Rakhimova (Q): 6-2, 6-0
• Tamara Korpatsch (LL) beat Anna Bondar (LL): 6-7 (4), 7-6 (6), 6-4
• Yulia Putintseva beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-2, 6-0