China Open: Sramkova goes down to Badosa in third round

Spaniard Paula Badosa, the No 15 seed, reached the last 16 of the China Open by beating Slovak qualifier Rebecca Sramkova 7-5, 7-5 at the National Tennis Center in Beijing on Sunday.

Badosa, ranked No 19, will play the winner of the match between Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 32 seed, and American Jessica Pegula, the second seed, next.

The Spaniard won against Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova (6-3, 6-2) ahead of her victory.

In the previous rounds of the Beijing tournament, Sramkova, ranked No 61, defeated Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina (6-4, 6-0) and Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 22 seed (5-7, 6-4, 6-3).

Beijing WTA 1000, other third-round matches (National Tennis Center, hard, USD 8.955.610, most recent results first):

• Nadia Podoroska vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Donna Vekic
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Magda Linette
• Karolina Muchova vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Cristina Bucsa vs. Elise Mertens
• Madison Keys vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Katie Boulter vs. Coco Gauff
• Katie Volynets vs. Naomi Osaka
• Shuai Zhang vs. Greet Minnen
• Peyton Stearns vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Yuliia Starodubtseva
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Jessica Pegula
• Magdalena Frech (23) beat Diana Shnaider (12): 0-6, 6-3, 6-4