Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova defeated compatriot Anna Kalinskaya, seeded No. 10, 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-1, to advance to the round of 16 at the Wuhan Open at the Optix Valley International Tennis Center on Wednesday.
Alexandrova, seeded 33rd, will play American qualifier Hailey Baptiste in the next round.
Ekaterina Alexandrova defeated American Sofia Kenin (6-1, 4-6, 6-4) before her victory.
In the previous round of the Wuhan tournament, Kalinskaya, seeded No. 13, defeated Hungarian qualifier Anna Bondar (6-1, 6-3).
Wuhan WTA 1000, other round 2 results (Optics Valley International Tennis Center, fixed, US$3,221,715, latest results first):
Yu Yuan vs. Yasmine Paolini Kenwen Zheng vs. Jacqueline Christian Mira Andreeva vs. Erika Andreeva Anastasia Potapova vs. Jessica Pegula Amanda Anisimova vs. Marta Kostyuk Lucia Bronzetti vs. Navarro Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-4, 6-4 Magda Linette beat Lesia Tsurenko (S): 5-2 down. Hailey Baptiste defeated Barbora Krichikova (7): 6-3, 7-5, Yulia Putintseva defeated Donna Vekic (15): 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, Daria Kasatkina (8) defeated Bernarda Pera ( Q): 6-4, 1-6, 6-1
