Jiangxi Open: Zheng Saisai beats Fett for first win since 2021
The Chinese wildcard will play the winner of the match between Italian Lucia Bronzetti, the No 7 seed, and Thai qualifier Mananchaya Sawangkaew in the next round
Chinese wildcard Zheng Saisai edged out Croat Jana Fett 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 to move into the second round of the Jiangxi Open on Tuesday.
This was the 30-year-old’s first win since November 2021 on the tour. Zheng returned to the tour earlier this year after missing the 2022 and 2023 seasons. She went 0-9 in her first nine tournaments before winning her match on Tuesday.
The former world No 34 will face the winner of the match between Italian Lucia Bronzetti, the No 7 seed, and Thai qualifier Mananchaya Sawangkaew next.
Jiangxi WTA 250, other first-round matches (Hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):
- Viktorija Golubic beat Xiaodi You (Q): 7-5, 6-2
- Xinxin Yao (LL) beat Fangzhou Liu (Q): 6-2, 6-1
- Marie Bouzkova (1) beat Alexandra Eala: 7-5, 7-6 (4)
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (4) beat Zarina Diyas: 6-4, 6-2
- Elena Pridankina beat Ella Seidel: 6-3, 7-6 (6)
- Kamilla Rakhimova (5) beat Petra Martic: 6-1, 4-6, 7-5
- Linda Fruhvirtova beat Kathinka von Deichmann: 6-0, 7-5
- Tamara Korpatsch beat Priska Nugroho (Q): 6-0, 6-1
- Arantxa Rus (6) beat Yuliia Starodubtseva: 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-3
- Shuai Zhang vs. Rebecca Sramkova
- Laura Siegemund vs. Moyuka Uchijima
- Mai Hontama vs. Sijia Wei
- Wushuang Zheng vs. Martina Trevisan
- Anna Bondar vs. Arianne Hartono
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Mananchaya Sawangkaew