Veronika Kudermetova (Russia) had a very hard second round match at the WTA 1000 China Open, but finally turned over the match versus Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine) and eventually won by 2-1 (3:6, 6:0, 6:0) in 1:45 hours of play.
The Ukrainian tennis player won the first set by 6:3 after achieving two breaks against only one for her opponent, but Veronika Kudermetova took the control over the match and did not gave a single game to Lesia Tsurenko in the next two sets and finally won the match.
Thus, Veronika Kudermetova qualified for the Round of 16 and will face the US Open 2023 champion Cori Coco Gauff (USA), who also had a three-set battle versus Petra Martic (Croatia) in the second round, but finally won by 2-1 (7:5, 5:7, 7:6) in 3:01 hours of play.
The second-seeded Iga Swiatek (Poland) also qualified for the third round of the tournament after defeating Varvara Gracheva (France) by 2-0 (6:4, 6:1), while Maria Sakkari (Greece) eliminated the Czech teenager Linda Fruhvirtova by 2-0 (6:4, 6:2).
The Russian teenage talent Mirra Andreeva also advanced to the Round of 16 at the WTA 1000 China Open after eliminated her compatriot Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova by 2-0 (6:2, 6:1) and will face Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan), who defeated Tatjana Maria (Germany) by 2-0 (7:5, 6:0).
