Wuhan Open: Kasatkina books spot in last 16

Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 8 seed, defeated American qualifier Bernarda Pera 6-4, 1-6, 6-1 to advance to the last 16 of the Wuhan Open at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center on Wednesday.

Kasatkina, ranked No 11, will face the winner of the match between Pole Magda Linette and Ukrainian qualifier Lesia Tsurenko next.

In the previous round of the Wuhan tournament, Pera, ranked No 95, won against Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu (6-2, 4-6, 6-2).

Wuhan WTA 1000, other second-round results (Optics Valley International Tennis Center, hard, USD 3.221.715, most recent results first):

• Yue Yuan vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Erika Andreeva
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Jessica Pegula
• Amanda Anisimova vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Xinyu Wang
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Coco Gauff vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Magdalena Frech vs. Emma Navarro
• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Magda Linette vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Hailey Baptiste (Q) beat Barbora Krejcikova (7): 6-3, 7-5
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Donna Vekic

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