Hong Kong Open: Birrell beats Bogdan in first round
The Aussie will face the winner of the match between Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 3 seed, and Heather Watson in the next round
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Australian Kimberly Birrell won against Romanian Ana Bogdan 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the second round of the Hong Kong Open at Victoria Park, Causeway Bay on Tuesday.
Birrell, ranked No 115, will play the winner of the match between Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 3 seed, and Heather Watson next.
Hong Kong WTA 250, other first-round matches (Victoria Park, Causeway Bay, hard, USD 267,082):
- Diana Shnaider (1) beat Kyoka Okamura (Q): 6-3, 6-3
- Cristina Bucsa (8) beat Hong Yi Cody Wong (WC): 6-3, 6-3
- Katie Boulter (2) beat Aoi Ito: 6-4, 6-4
- Nao Hibino beat Jia-Jing Lu (LL): 6-7 (4), 6-3, 7-5
- Suzan Lamens beat Xinyu Gao (Q): 6-3, 6-0
- Jessika Ponchet beat Xinyu Wang (4): 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
- Yue Yuan (6) beat Simona Halep (WC): 6-3, 6-3
- Han Shi (Q) beat Margarita Gasparyan: 6-4, 6-2
- Xiyu Wang beat Hina Inoue (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (2)
- Bernarda Pera (9) beat Sara Saito: 6-4, 6-4
- Priscilla Hon beat Eudice Wong Chong (WC): 6-3, 6-4
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Heather Watson
- Su Jeong Jang vs. Anastasia Zakharova
- Mei Yamaguchi vs. Sofia Kenin
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Tatiana Prozorova
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