Tashkent begins, Wuhan continues

The women continued to contest the Wuhan Premier 5 tournament in China, as another event began in Uzbekistan.

• the Tashkent Open in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Hard, Plexipave (International Category)

Irina-Camelia Begu is top seed, world ranked 53, and all eight seeds are in the top 100.

First round results so far

• Fiona Ferro defeated Jana Fett 1-6 7-6(4) 6-1
• Nao Hibino defeated Eugenie Bouchard 6-3 6-3
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (6) defeated qualifier Dejana Radanovic 6-3 6-0
• Qualifier Anastasia Potapova defeated Stefanie Voegele 4-6 7-6(3) 6-3
• Dalila Jakupovic (8) defeated Anna Blinkova 6-4 5-7 6-4
• Tatjana Maria (5) defeated Natalia Vikhlyantseva 6-1 6-2
• Margarita Gasparyan defeated Sabina Sharipova 6-2 6-2
• Qualifier Fanny Stollar defeated Kurumi Nara 3-6 6-3 6-4

The first round in Wuhan was completed, but Naomi Osaka won’t be one of those lining up for the second round - she was a last minute withdrawal, and her spot was taken by lucky loser Polona Hercog, who received the first round bye which Osaka was originally granted as seventh seed.

Wuhan first round results 

• Dominika Cibulková defeated lucky loser Monica Niculescu 6-4 6-3
• Qualifier Xiyu Wang defeated wildcard Bernarda Pera 6-4 6-3
• Qualifier Sofia Kenin defeated Su-Wei Hsieh 6-1 6-1
• Aryna Sabalenka defeated Carla Suárez Navarro 7-6(2) 2-6 6-2
• Madison Keys defeated qualifier Yafan Wang 6-3 6-3
• Ash Barty (16) defeated Johanna Konta 7-5 6-4
• Kiki Bertens (12) defeated Belinda Bencic 6-3 4-6 6-2
• Aleksandra Krunic defeated Camila Giorgi 6-4 4-6 6-4
• Donna Vekic defeated CoCo Vandeweghe 6-4 3-6 2-1 (retired)
• Garbiñe Muguruza (14) defeated Alison Van Uytvanck 6-4 6-0
• Qualifier Viktorija Golubic defeated qualifier Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-3 5-7 6-4
• Wildcard Qiang Wang defeated Maria Sakkari 7-5 6-2
• Barbora Strycova defeated Alizé Cornet 6-3 6-2
• Dasha Gavrilova defeated Jelena Ostapenko (10) 6-2 6-4

Second round

• Shuai Zhang defeated lucky loser Polona Hercog 6-2 7-5