China Open: Paolini fightback upsets Haddad Maia as the Italian reaches second round

Italian Jasmine Paolini edged out Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 15 seed, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the 32 of the China Open.

In the final 1000-level event on the WTA, first-round matches are already underway in Beijing, as a stacked field competes to reach the second week of the competition.

There are four players who are already into the last 32, however. Pegula, Sakkari, Pavlyuchenkova and Kudermetova have all received bye courtesy of a new rule allowing byes based on recent performance.

Paolini, ranked No 37, will face Chinese wildcard Yue Yuan next.