Wuhan Open: Putintseva downs Vekic to make last 16

Kazakh Yulia Putintseva edged out Croat Donna Vekic, the No 15 seed, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to advance to the last 16 of the Wuhan Open at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center on Wednesday.

Putintseva, ranked No 35, will face the winner of the match between Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed, and Katerina Siniakova next.

The Kazakh won against Chinese Shuai Zhang (6-4, 6-4) in the previous round of the Wuhan tournament.

In the previous round of the Wuhan tournament, Vekic, ranked No 18, beat Belgian Elise Mertens (3-6, 6-1, 6-3).

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

• Yuan Yue vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Zheng Qinwen vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Erika Andreeva
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Jessica Pegula
• Amanda Anisimova vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Wang Xinyu
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Coco Gauff vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Magdalena Frech vs. Emma Navarro
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Magda Linette beat Lesia Tsurenko (Q): 5-2 ret.
• Hailey Baptiste (Q) beat Barbora Krejcikova (7): 6-3, 7-5
• Daria Kasatkina (8) beat Bernarda Pera (Q): 6-4, 1-6, 6-1

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