Singapore Open: Wang defeats Marino to move into second round

Chinese Xinyu Wang, the No 4 seed, edged out Canadian Rebecca Marino 6-4, 5-7, 7-5 to move into the second round of the Singapore Open at the Kallang Tennis Hub.

Wang, ranked No 35, will play Australian qualifier Maya Joint next.

Singapore WTA 250, other first-round results (Kallang Tennis Hub, USD 275.094, most recent results first):

• Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Tatjana Maria
• Taylor Townsend vs. Elise Mertens
• Jil Teichmann vs. Harriet Dart: tuesday
• Olivia Gadecki beat Moyuka Uchijima (8): 6-1, 6-7 (1), 6-2
• Maria Timofeeva (LL) beat Xiyu Wang: 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Kimberly Birrell (WC) beat Polina Kudermetova (5): 6-3, 6-2
• Hailey Baptiste beat Renata Zarazua: 2-6, 6-0, 6-3
• Simona Waltert (Q) beat Ajla Tomljanovic: 6-2, 6-3
• Dominika Salkova (Q) beat Erika Andreeva: 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Anna Kalinskaya (1) beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
• Mananchaya Sawangkaew (Q) beat Sijia Wei (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (2)
• Cristina Bucsa beat Emma Raducanu (7): 5-7, 7-5, 7-5
• Maya Joint beat Alycia Parks: 4-6, 6-1, 7-5
• Ann Li beat Daria Saville: 6-3, 6-1
• Camila Osorio (6) beat Bernarda Pera: 6-1, 6-7, 6-3