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World No. 228 Himeno Sakatsume of Japan crushed fourth-seeded Sofia Kenin 6-2, 6-1 in 72 minutes on Tuesday within the first spherical of the Hong Kong Tennis Open.
Sakatsume transformed seven of 14 break probabilities as Kenin gained solely 39% (15 of 38) of the factors on her first serve. Sakatsume subsequent faces Hong Kong wild card Eudice Chong, a 6-3, 6-4 winner over the Netherlands’ Suzan Lamens.
The different seeded gamers fared higher. No. 1 Belinda Bencic of Switzerland defeated Russia’s Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-3, 6-4 and No. 2 Leylah Fernandez beat China’s Xiyu Wang 6-1, 6-4. No. 3 Victoria Mboko of Canada rallied for a 6-7 (2), 6-1, 6-4 win over Australia’s Talia Gibson. No. 6 Anna Kalinskaya of Russia, No. 7 Sorana Cirstea of Romania and No. 8 Emiliana Arango additionally superior to the second spherical, as did China’s Shuai Zhang and Alexandra Eala of the Philippines.
Jiangxi Open
China’s Zhuoxuan Bai pulled off a 6-3, 6-1 first-round upset towards top-seeded American Ann Li in Jiujiang, China.
Bai transformed six of 9 break alternatives within the 68-minute stunner to arrange a second-round match towards countrywoman Hanyu Guo.
No. 2 seed Viktorija Golubic defeated Japan’s Rina Saigo 6-2, 6-4 and No. 3 Alycia Parks was main 6-3, 2-1 when China’s Lin Zhu retired. Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto was up 6-2, 3-0 when No. 7 Camila Osorio of Colombia retired. Also advancing had been Slovenia’s Kaja Juvan, Austria’s Lilli Tagger and Russians Elena Pridankina and Anna Blinkova.
Chennai Open
Rain from Cyclonic Storm Montha washed out a second straight day of motion on the WTA 250 occasion in Chennai, India.
–Field Level Media