Jiangxi Open: Gracheva advances to second round

Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva, the No 7 seed, defeated Russian Kamilla Rakhimova 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the second round of the Jiangxi Open at Nanchang International Tennis Center on Tuesday.

Gracheva, ranked No 45, will face the winner of the match between Chinese wildcard Yuhan Wang and Katerina Siniakova next.

Nanchang WTA 250, other first-round results (Nanchang International Tennis Center, USD 259.303, most recent results first):

• Marie Bouzkova vs. Kathinka von Deichmann
• Laura Siegemund vs. Xinyu Wang
• Yuhan Wang vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Viktoria Hruncakova: 6-1, 6-3
• Leylah Fernandez beat Hanyu Guo (WC): 6-1, 6-3
• Ulrikke Eikeri (LL) beat Kaja Juvan: 6-2, 1-2 ret.
• Valeria Savinykh beat Magda Linette (2): 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (3)
• Xiaodi You (Q) beat Anna Blinkova (6): 6-1, 6-1
• Nao Hibino beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (1): 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Diana Shnaider beat Lin Zhu (5): 6-4, 6-0
• Kimberly Birrell beat Sijia Wei (Q): 7-5, 7-5
• Sara Sorribes Tormo (8) beat Xinyu Jiang (WC): 6-4, 6-0
• Camila Osorio beat YeXin Ma (Q): 6-1, 6-0
• Amina Anshba (LL) beat Elina Avanesyan: 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Vera Zvonareva beat Arianne Hartono: 6-1, 6-2