Wuhan Open: Vekic reaches second round

Croat Donna Vekic, the No 15 seed, moved into the second round of the Wuhan Open by beating Belgian Elise Mertens 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center on Monday afternoon.

Vekic, ranked No 18, will face the winner of the match between Kazakh Yulia Putintseva and Chinese Shuai Zhang next.

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

• Elina Avanesyan vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Xiyu Wang
• Paula Badosa vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Karolina Muchova vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Shuai Zhang
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Katie Boulter
• Amanda Anisimova vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Alexandra Eala vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Sofia Kenin vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Camila Osorio vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Magda Linette
• Mai Hontama vs. Magdalena Frech: monday
• Anna Kalinskaya (10) beat Anna Bondar (Q): 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