Jasmine Paolini (Italy) advanced to the Round of 16 of the WTA 1000 China Open in Beijing. The Italian tennis player eliminated Yue Yuan (China) by 2-1 (2:6, 6:3, 6:4) in 2:10 hours of play.
The match started strongly for the Chinese tennis player, who won four consecutive games after exchanging one break with her opponent to 2:2. Thus, Yue Yuan closed the set at 6:2.
In the second set, Jasmine Paolini took the initiative at the beginning and lead by 2:0 after a break, but her opponent returned the break immediately. The Italian played broke again for 3:1, which proved to be enough for her to finally win the set by 6:3 and equalize to 1-1.
In the third decisive set, Jasmine Paolini started perfectly with two break and led by 3:0. Although Yue Yuan returned one break, the Italian player was strong enough on her serve and succeeded to close the set at 6:4 and to qualify for the third round, where will face the winner between the top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) and Katie Boulter (UK).
Anhelina Kalinina (Ukraine) also advanced to the Round of 16 of the WTA 1000 China Open in Beijing after a straight set victory versus Daria Saville (Australia). The Ukrainian player took the victory by 2-0 (6:2, 7:6) in 1:47 hours of play.
Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) also qualified for the third round, but without playing after walkover of Czech teenager Linda Noskova.
