China Open: Stearns books spot in third round

American Peyton Stearns advanced to the third round of the China Open by beating Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 20 seed, 7-5, 6-2 at the National Tennis Center in Beijing on Friday.

Stearns, ranked No 46, will face Russian Anna Kalinskaya, the No 10 seed, next.

The 22-year-old American won against Spaniard Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (6-2, 6-4) ahead of her victory.

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

• Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Viktorija Golubic vs. Donna Vekic
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
• Madison Keys vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Yue Yuan vs. Karolina Muchova
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Lulu Sun
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Nadia Podoroska
• Camila Osorio vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Sijia Wei vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Mananchaya Sawangkaew
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Jana Fett
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Magda Linette
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Clara Tauson
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Elise Mertens
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Clara Burel vs. Coco Gauff
• Magdalena Frech vs. Alycia Parks
• Rebecca Sramkova vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Naomi Osaka vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Jessica Pegula (2) beat Diane Parry: 6-1, 7-6 (4)
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Katie Volynets: friday
• Elina Avanesyan beat Caroline Dolehide (33): 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
• Paula Badosa (15) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-3, 6-2
• Anna Kalinskaya beat Hailey Baptiste (Q): 3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5)
• Veronika Kudermetova (32) beat Xinyu Wang: 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
• Katie Boulter (26) beat Taylor Townsend: 6-4, 6-4
• Diana Shnaider (12) beat Sofia Kenin: 6-2, 6-3
• Shuai Zhang (WC) beat Emma Navarro (6): 6-4, 6-2
• Greet Minnen beat Anastasia Potapova (28): 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
• Yuliia Starodubtseva (Q) beat Katerina Siniakova (27): 6-2, 6-2

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