Ningbo Open: Yuan beats Tomljanovic to move into second round

China’s Yue Yuan reached the second round of the Ningbo Open by defeating Australian qualifier Ajla Tomljanovic 6-4, 6-2 at the Yinzhou Tennis Center on Wednesday.

Tomljanovic had won seven of her last eight matches coming into this encounter, having won the WTA 125K Hong Kong Open earlier this month.

Yuan, ranked No 46, will face Russian Anna Kalinskaya, the No 7 seed, next.

Ningbo WTA 500, other first-round results (Yinzhou Tennis Center, hard, USD 922,573):

• Karolina Muchova beat Olivia Gadecki (Q): 6-3, 7-5
• YeXin Ma (LL) beat Xiaodi You (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Katie Boulter beat Sara Errani (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Anna Kalinskaya beat Priscilla Hon (LL): 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• 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

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