Hong Kong Open: Blinkova books spot in second round, faces Hon next
Anna Blinkova benefited from the abandonment of Yulia Putintseva (6-4, 2-6, 5-1) on Tuesday and will face Australian Priscilla Hon in the next round
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Russian Anna Blinkova, the No 5 seed, moved into the second round of the Hong Kong Open when Kazakh Yulia Putintseva retired on Tuesday.
Blinkova, ranked No 37, led 6-4, 2-6, 5-1 when Putintseva, ranked No 68, pulled out.
The Russian will face Australian Priscilla Hon next.
Hong Kong WTA 250, other first-round results:
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Daria Saville vs. Elise Mertens
- Sofya Lansere vs. Hong Yi Cody Wong
- Anna Danilina vs. Magdalena Frech
- Ho Ching Wu vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Alina Korneeva vs. Valeria Savinykh
- Xinyu Wang vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Jana Fett
- Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Peyton Stearns: tuesday
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Leylah Fernandez: tuesday
- Martina Trevisan (6) beat Cristina Bucsa: 7-5, 6-2
- Priscilla Hon beat Eudice Wong Chong (WC): 7-5, 7-5
- Kamilla Rakhimova beat Varvara Gracheva (8): 6-3, 6-2
- Mirra Andreeva beat Dayana Yastremska: 6-4, 6-3
- Katerina Siniakova beat Xiyu Wang: 6-4, 7-6 (7)
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