Lin Zhu of China advanced to the second round of the Guangzhou Open by beating sixth-seeded Roberta Vinci of Italy 6-3, 7-6 (9/7) yesterday.
Shahar Peer of Israel, the 2009 champion, also advanced. She defeated Pauline Parmentier of France 7-6 (10/8), 6-3 and is to meet second-seeded Alize Cornet of France. Cornet defeated Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan 6-1, 6-1.
Also, Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor of Spain beat eighth-seeded Annika Beck of Germany 6-4, 7-6 (7/5), while Alison Riske of the US, Misaki Doi of Japan and Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland also advanced.
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Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei is to play Belgium’s Alison Van Uytvanck at the tournament, while in the doubles, Chuang Chia-jung and China’s Liang Chen had a first-round bye.
KOREA OPEN
AP, SEOUL
Fifth-seeded Varvara Lepchenko of the US advanced to the second round of the Korea Open by beating Olivia Rogowska of Australia 6-1, 6-2 on Monday.
Lepchenko converted all three break points in first set at Olympic Park Tennis Center. She is next to face Han Na-lae of South Korea, who beat Su Jeong-jang 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 6-3.
Also, Christina McHale of the US beat Lara Arruabarrena of Spain 6-2, 6-3, Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa defeated Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania 6-2, 3-6, 7-5, and Anna-Lena Friedsam of Germany beat Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan 7-6 (7/5), 7-5.
Defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska is to face Polona Hercog of Slovenia today.
Taiwan doubles pairing Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan are to play the European pairing of Mona Barthel and Mandy Minella, while Chan Chin-wei and Hsu Chieh-yu are to play Julia Glushko and Olivia Rogowska at the tournament.
PAN PACIFIC OPEN
AP, TOKYO
Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic rallied from a set down to beat US teenager Madison Keys 6-7 (6/4), 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the Pan Pacific Open yesterday.
The seventh-seeded Safarova saved eight of 10 break points to oust the unseeded Keys and advance to the second round, where she is to face wild-card Belinda Bencic of Switzerland, who overpowered Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3, 6-0 in 1 hour, 7 minutes.
Top-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany had a first-round bye as did second-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, who won the event in 2010.
Taiwan’s Hsieh Shu-ying and Japanese partner Rika Fujiwara are scheduled to play Belinda Bencic and Martina Hingis in the tournament.
Additional reporting by staff writer
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