China Open: Parry sets up second round clash with Pegula
The Frenchwoman beat En-Shuo Liang 4-6, 6-0, 6-0 in the first round on Wednesday
Diane Parry (Zuma / Panoramic)
Frenchwoman Diane Parry beat qualifier En-Shuo Liang 4-6, 6-0, 6-0 to advance to the second round of the China Open on Wednesday.
The Frenchwoman became the fourth player to lose the first set and then win the next two without the loss of a game in a WTA 1000 Series match since the format was introduced in 2009.
Parry, ranked No 53, will face second seed Jessica Pegula next at the National Tennis Center in Beijing.
Beijing WTA 1000, other first round matches (National Tennis Center, hard, USD 8,955,610, most recent results first):
- Katie Volynets beat Dalma Galfi (Q): 7-5, 6-1
- Clara Burel beat Tamara Korpatsch (LL): 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
- Naomi Osaka beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-3, 6-2
- Taylor Townsend beat Martina Trevisan: 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
- Yuliia Starodubtseva (Q) beat Laura Siegemund: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
- Xinyu Wang beat Mai Hontama (LL): 6-1, 6-3
- Viktoriya Tomova beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-3, 6-3
- Sofia Kenin beat Ana Bogdan: 7-5, 6-2
- Greet Minnen beat Erika Andreeva: 7-5, 6-2
- Yafan Wang vs. Ashlyn Krueger
- Anna Blinkova vs. Karolina Muchova
- Zarina Diyas vs. Mananchaya Sawangkaew
- Elena-Gabriela Ruse vs. Sijia Wei
- YeXin Ma vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
- Anna Bondar vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Viktorija Golubic vs. Xiyu Wang
- Yufei Ren vs. Nadia Podoroska
- Harriet Dart vs. Clara Tauson
- Arina Rodionova vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Xinyu Gao vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Kimberly Birrell vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
- Camila Osorio vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
- Meiling Wang vs. Jana Fett
- Moyuka Uchijima vs. Han Shi
- Xinxin Yao vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Rebecca Sramkova
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Hailey Baptiste
- Qiang Wang vs. Alycia Parks
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Peyton Stearns
- Elina Avanesyan vs. Emina Bektas
- Shuai Zhang vs. McCartney Kessler
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