China Open: Fifth seed Zheng through to third round

Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 5 seed, reached the third round of the China Open by beating Russian lucky loser Kamilla Rakhimova 6-1, 6-1 at the National Tennis Center in Beijing on Saturday.

Zheng, ranked No 7, will face the winner of the match between Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, the No 25 seed, and Argentinian Nadia Podoroska next.

Rakhimova, ranked No 71, won against Australian qualifier Kimberly Birrell (6-2, 6-4) 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):

• Viktorija Golubic vs. Donna Vekic
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Nadia Podoroska
• 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