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Top-seeded Sorana Cirstea recorded a 7-5, 6-1 win over Mary Stoiana within the second spherical of the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open on Thursday.
Cirstea, of Romania, had three aces and benefited from six double faults by Stoiana to win the match in 1 hour and 43 minutes.
Second-seeded Alexandra Eala of the Philippines gained a measure of revenge in opposition to Tereza Valentova by posting a 6-4, 7-6 (7) win over the Czech. Valentova defeated Eala final 12 months within the Japan Women’s Open and within the Qatar Open earlier this 12 months.
Eala advances to face Antonia Ruzic of Croatia, who secured a 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 win over Wang Xinyu of China.
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Third-seeded Magda Linette battled by means of a troublesome first set earlier than posting a 7-6 (5), 6-0 win over Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima in a second-round match on the WTA 250 occasion.
Linette, of Poland, had three aces and took benefit of three double faults to dispatch Uchijima in 1 hour and 41 minutes.
Seventh-seeded Anastasia Zakharova of Russia had a a lot simpler time of it, breezing to a 6-3, 6-0 win over Vaishnavi Adkar of India.
Tenth-seeded Lucrezia Stefanini of Italy breezed to a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Switzerland’s Simona Waltert.
–Field Level Media