China Open: Vekic battles into third round
Donna Vekic edged out Viktorija Golubic 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4 on Saturday. She’ll face Russian Mirra Andreeva, the No 17 seed, in the next round
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Croat Donna Vekic, the No 16 seed, edged out Swiss Viktorija Golubic 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4 to reach the third round of the China Open at the National Tennis Center in Beijing on Saturday.
Vekic, ranked No 20, will face Russian Mirra Andreeva, the No 17 seed, next.
Golubic, ranked No 96, won against Chinese Xiyu Wang (7-6 (5), 0-6, 6-3) in the previous round of the Beijing tournament.
Beijing WTA 1000, other second-round results (National Tennis Center, hard, USD 8.955.610, most recent results first):
- Qinwen Zheng (5) beat Kamilla Rakhimova (LL): 6-1, 6-1
- Mirra Andreeva beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-1
- Nadia Podoroska beat Dayana Yastremska (25): 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-2
- Madison Keys (18) beat Sara Sorribes Tormo (Q): 6-2, 6-1
- Ashlyn Krueger beat Lulu Sun (29): 6-1, 7-6 (4)
- Karolina Muchova beat Yue Yuan (30): 6-3, 6-1
- Jaqueline Cristian beat Barbora Krejcikova (7): 1-6, 6-4, 7-5
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (13) beat Sijia Wei (WC): 7-5, 6-4
- Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Mananchaya Sawangkaew (Q): 6-4, 6-1
- Amanda Anisimova (34) beat Camila Osorio: 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Daria Kasatkina (9) beat Jana Fett (LL): 6-1, 6-2
- Magda Linette (31) beat Moyuka Uchijima: 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
- Jasmine Paolini (3) beat Clara Tauson: 1-6, 7-5, 6-4
- Elise Mertens (24) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3
- Cristina Bucsa beat Liudmila Samsonova (11): 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
- Coco Gauff (4) beat Clara Burel: 7-5, 6-3
- Magdalena Frech (23) beat Alycia Parks (Q): 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
- Rebecca Sramkova (Q) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (22): 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
- Naomi Osaka beat Yulia Putintseva (21): 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Jessica Pegula (2) beat Diane Parry: 6-1, 7-6 (4)
- Katie Volynets beat Marta Kostyuk (14): 7-5, 6-3
- Peyton Stearns beat Leylah Fernandez (20): 7-5, 6-2
- Elina Avanesyan beat Caroline Dolehide (33): 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
- Paula Badosa (15) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-3, 6-2
- Anna Kalinskaya (10) 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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