Wuhan Open: Kostyuk moves into second round

Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, the No 13 seed, reached the second round of the Wuhan Open by edging out Armenian Elina Avanesyan 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (2) at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center on Tuesday afternoon.

Kostyuk, ranked No 17, will play American Amanda Anisimova next.

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

• Lucia Bronzetti (LL) beat Ajla Tomljanovic: 6-1, 7-6 (2)
• Mirra Andreeva (16) beat Xiyu Wang (WC): 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Veronika Kudermetova beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-4, 7-6 (4)
• Kamilla Rakhimova (LL) beat Moyuka Uchijima (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• Yulia Putintseva beat Shuai Zhang: 6-4, 6-4
• Lesia Tsurenko (Q) beat Katie Boulter: 6-2, 7-5
• Amanda Anisimova beat Cristina Bucsa (Q): 6-2, 6-4
• Viktoriya Tomova beat Ashlyn Krueger: 1-6, 7-6 (8), 7-5
• Katerina Siniakova beat Alexandra Eala (WC): 6-3, 6-1
• Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Sofia Kenin: 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
• Jaqueline Cristian (WC) beat Camila Osorio (Q): 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Magda Linette beat Liudmila Samsonova (11): 6-2, 6-2
• Magdalena Frech beat Mai Hontama (Q): 6-0, 6-4
• Anna Kalinskaya (10) beat Anna Bondar (Q): 6-1, 6-3
• Donna Vekic (15) beat Elise Mertens: 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
• Xinyu Wang beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-4, 6-0
• Hailey Baptiste (Q) beat Diane Parry: 6-4, 7-5
• Bernarda Pera (Q) beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
• Erika Andreeva (LL) beat Dayana Yastremska: 7-5, 6-4
• Yue Yuan beat Clara Burel (LL): 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Leylah Fernandez beat Diana Shnaider (12): 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-3
• Anastasia Potapova beat Katie Volynets (WC): 5-7, 6-3, 7-5
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (9) beat Madison Keys: 7-6 (7), 6-2