Victoria Azarenka and Elise Mertens dropped out in the first round of the WTA 1000 China Open

Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) and Elise Mertens (Belgium) dropped out in the first round of the WTA 1000 China Open with a prize pool of 8,127,389 USD.

The 14th-seeded Victoria Azarenka, who is a two-time Australian Open champion, lost to Magda Linette (Poland) by 1-2 (7:5, 1:6, 2:6).

Elise Mertens (Belgium) lost to Yue Yuan (China) by 1-2 (6:3, 1:6, 4:6).

The Croatian Petra Martic advanced to the second round of the tournament, defeating Sorana Cîrstea (Romania) by 2-1 (6:2, 2:6, 7:6).

Tatjana Maria (Germany) won her match over Martina Trevisan (Italy) by 2-0 (6:3, 7:6).

The Russian tennis player Anna Blinkova surprised the Croatian Donna Vekic, defeating her by 2-0 (6:3, 7:5). In the next round, she will face Jessica Pegula (USA).

The Russian-French tennis player Varvara Gracheva (France) defeated Anastasia Potapova (Russia) y 2-1 (6:2, 3:6, 6:1).

In another match of the day in Beijing, Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine) also continues in the second round after defeating Elisabetta Cocciaretto (Italy) by 2-1 (1:6, 6:3, 6:4).