Halep loses to Yuan in Hong Kong Open first round
The No 6 seed from China beat Simona Halep in straight sets on Monday. She’ll play the winner of the match between Nao Hibino and Aliaksandra Sasnovich next
Simona Halep in Madrid in 2022 (Zuma/Panoramic)
Chinese Yuan Yue, the No 6 seed, defeated Romanian wildcard Simona Halep 6-3, 6-3 to reach the second round of the Hong Kong Open at Victoria Park, Causeway Bay on Monday.
Halep could survive Yuan’s challenge only for 83 minutes as the latter overwhelmed her by creating 11 break point opportunities.
The Romanian broke Yuan’s serve once whereas had her own broken four times to remain without a WTA-level win in the season.
Yuan, ranked No 45, will play the winner of the match between Japanese Nao Hibino and Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich next.
Hong Kong WTA 250, other first-round results (Victoria Park, Causeway Bay, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Heather Watson
- Mei Yamaguchi vs. Sofia Kenin
- Su Jeong Jang vs. Anastasia Zakharova
- Ana Bogdan vs. Kimberly Birrell
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Tatiana Prozorova
- Hong Yi Cody Wong vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Diana Shnaider vs. Kyoka Okamura
- Aoi Ito vs. Katie Boulter
- Nao Hibino vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
- Xinyu Gao vs. Suzan Lamens
- Jessika Ponchet vs. Xinyu Wang
- 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
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