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Top-seeded Iga Swiatek made WTA Tour historical past Saturday with a swift 6-0, 6-3 second-round win over dwelling hopeful Yuan Yue on the China Open in Beijing.
The victory made the World No. 2 from Poland the primary participant ever to report 25 or extra wins at WTA 1000 occasions for 3 consecutive seasons.
Coming off her triumph on the Korea Open in Seoul earlier this month, Swiatek transformed 5 of 11 break factors and wanted simply 74 minutes to advance to the third spherical. Up subsequent is Colombia’s Camila Osorio, a 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 winner in opposition to No. 28 seed Anna Kalinskaya of Russia.
Swiatek, who solely misplaced 9 of the 36 factors in a dominant first set, gained the title in Beijing in 2023.
‘It was an awesome event right here two years in the past. I’ve nice reminiscences. I used to be excited to come back right here,’ she stated. ‘Every event is a distinct story. You’ve gotta begin from the start and grind. It’s been already an awesome couple of weeks in Asia. I’m completely satisfied to proceed in one other metropolis.’
No. 4 seed Mirra Andreeva of Russia breezed into the third spherical with a 6-2, 6-2 win in opposition to China’s Lin Zhu.
No. 5 Jessica Pegula additionally superior, steamrolling Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic 6-0, 6-3 in 61 minutes. Pegula will face Britain’s Emma Raducanu, the No. 30 seed who saved seven of eight break factors in a 6-3, 6-3 defeat of Cristina Bucsa of Spain.
‘Cristina was enjoying superb … so I’m very completely satisfied to have gotten over it,’ Raducanu stated. ‘I actually wish to do properly right here.’
Qinwen Zheng of China, the No. 7 seed, defeated Colombia’s Emiliana Arango 6-3, 6-2 in her first win since June. She missed greater than two months following elbow surgical procedure.
Other seeded gamers shifting into the third spherical included No. 16 Emma Navarro, No. 23 Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine and No. 26 Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic.
Seven different seeds have been proven the door. Turkey’s Zeynep Sonmez knocked out No. 10 Clara Tauson of Denmark 6-4, 2-6, 6-3; Russia’s Aliaksandra Sasnovich rallied previous No. 12 Naomi Osaka of Japan 1-6, 6-4, 6-2; Britain’s Sonay Kartal took down No. 14 Daria Kasatkina of Australia 6-3, 6-0; Australia’s Maya Joint defeated No. 17 Diana Shnaider of Russia 7-5, 6-1; France’s Lois Boisson beat No. 19 Liudmila Samsonova of Russia 6-3, 6-4; Russia’s Anastasia Potapova ousted No. 21 Victoria Mboko of Canada 7-6 (5), 7-5; and Spain’s Jessica Bouzas Maneiro eradicated No. 29 Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine.
–Field Level Media