Day 2 on the China Open saw Sonay Kartal Member of colleague Brit Katie Boulter in the 2nd round of the WTA 1000 event in Beijing after beating American Alycia Parks, 6-3 6-2, and a meeting with Daria Kasatkina, the no. 14 seed representing Australia.
Yes, I think the focus is really alone for next year, and this part of the Swing treats, a kind of almost a preseason, which I did last year. Be successful in the end, so we will see. Although, technically speaking, I am the defending champion [in Beijing]It doesn’t feel that way at all. Coco Gauff
The British No 3 wants to build some momentum and form after a good show at the Billie Jean King Cup Finals, and her emphatic victory over Parks is a promising start when she starts her Asian Swing, where the 23-year-old makes her debut.
Boulter, the British No. 2, who will shoot last year’s 2nd round performance, when the 29-year-old opened with a straight sets victory on Taylor Townsend before he fell to the final champion Coco Gauff.
In the meantime, Emma Raducanu, no. 30 seeds, now has her opening opponent, who is Cristina Bucsa, a qualification from Spain, who sent the Donna Vekic packaging from Croatia, 6-2 6-4.
The British No. 1 and former US Open Champion, which withdrew from last year’s tournament because of an injury and hopes to return with a bang behind the back of a number of strong results of recent times, is confronted with a potential collision against World No 7 Jessica Pegula in the 3rd round.
Chinese Wildcard Yuan Yue was pleased to beat Yulia Putintseva to earn a 2nd round game with top seeds Iga Swiateek
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On Thursday, the completion of 1st round matches in the draw in preparation for the arrival of the top 32 seeds, all of which received a BYE, and that Friday started at their campaigns.
The German qualifying match Ella Seidel continued its strong form with a 7-5 6-4 upset about Magdalena Frech, and improved to 2-0 in general against the post.
Seidel, who reached Seoul’s quarterfinals last week, now has a 6-1 record against top 50 players since June.
The Chinese Wildcard Zhu Lin scored her first victory in Beijing since 2014 when she sent the Moyuka Uchijima qualifying, 6-1 6-3, to 2-0 in general against the Japanese.
In a collision between 2 Chinese wild cards, Wang Xiyu Guo Hanyu, 7-5 6-1, beat her first win at tour level since the Australian Open in January, and will now meet Linda Noskova, the 26th seed of the Czech Republic in round 2.
In a rematch of the 2021 Tenerife final, Camila Osorio from Colombia defeated the American Ann Li, 7-5 6-7 (5) 7-5, in 3 hours and 1 minute in the China Open first round.
Osorio won the first set of 3-5, and came within 2 victory points in the second second set, at 6-5, and in the tiebreak, before he has the upper hand in 3 sets to take the next shot against Anna Kalinskaya, the no. 28 Seed from Russia.
Her Colombian countryman, Emiliana Arango, got Dutch wife Suzan Lamens, 6-3 6-3, and meets home favorite Zheng Qinwen, the 7th seed, in what the first match of the Chinese has been back from an injury since Wimbledon.
The last-minute happy loser, who replaced Wang Yafan who withdrew because of a lower back injury, made the best of her second chance and improved to 2-1 general against lamens.
French open semi-finalist Lois Boisson Overstrof Dalma Galfi, a Hungarian qualification, 7-6 (6) 5-7 6-2, in another 3 hours 24 minutes Beijing 1st Round Marathon, and is moving forward to play Liudmila Samsonova, the 19th seed from Russia.
After losing a 3-1 second set of lead, Boisson also recovered and also saved a set point in the first set to win the Joint-8th longest match at Tour level of 2025 so far.
The Elena-Gabriela list of Romania put her right with Rebecca Sramkova from Slovakia in a victory each with a simple 6-2 6-2 victory to line up a crack at American Emma Navarro, the 16th seed.
Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic came from 0-4 in the first set to beat 2024 quarter-finalist Yuliia Starodubtseva from Ukraine, 7-6 (1) 6-2 and meets Pegula, the American 5th seed afterwards.
Leave in the day, the Chinese Wildcard Yuan Yuan Yulia Putintseva, 6-3 6-3, defeated a meeting with top seeds Iga Swiatek on Saturday, which generally improved 2-1 against the Russia born in Russia.
The Russian Anastasia Potapova defeated Katerina Siniakova from the Czech Republic, 6-3 6-4, who kept a first set of 0-5 load down, after they had lost both earlier meetings on the Czech via retirement, while Zeynep Sonmez from Turkey won 1000, 2000, 1000, 1000, 1000, 1000, 1000, 1000, 1000, 1000, 1000, 1000, 1000, 1000, 1000, 1000, 1000, 1000, 1000, 1000, 1000, 1000, 1000, 1000, 1000, 1000, 1000, 1000, 1000, 1000, 1000, 1000, 1000-01000, 1000-01000, 1000-20, 2000, 2000-01000, 2000-00-20-20,-2000-00-00-00-0-00-0. Wild-cardboard of matches.
Defending champion Coco Gauff treats the China open as a warm-up for the season for 2026
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In the meantime, the seeds in the lower half of the draw prepared for action on Friday, including the defending champion, Coco Gauff, who is no. 2 seeds, but apparently treats the China open as a preparation for the season for 2026.
Her statement led to speculation with regard to her way of thinking to close 2025 and to go to 2026 with a clean slate, despite a trophy to defend, as well as 1,000 ranking points.
“Yes, I think the focus is really only for next year, and to treat this part of the swing, a kind of, as a preseason almost, what I did last year,” said Gauff during her press conference prior to the competition. “In the end it is successful, so we will see it. Although I am technically the defending champion [in Beijing]It doesn’t feel like that at all. “
Gauff is the reigning champion after beating Karolina Muchova in straight sets in last year’s final.
After one of her roughest defeats for Naomi Osaka, 6-3 6-2, in the 4th round of the US Open of this year, Gauff’s season was at his best fragmentary, with its highlight of conquering Roland Garros, her second Grand Slam title, but then suffers the first round in Wimbledon.
The service of the 21-year-old betrayed her and double mistakes on important moments, which ultimately led to her split of the old coach Matt Daly.
Gavin Macmillan, who previously worked with World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka, and JC Faurel have since been brought in to calibrate her career again.
Gauff, who is sowing no. 2 behind Swiatek in Beijing this year, just above Amanda Anisimova, Mirra Andreeva and Jessica Pegula, after Sabalenka chose to skip the event because of an injury, which opens the trekkings field even more, received a 1e-round of Round and will.
Taylor Townsend made some unfortunate comments about the food in Shenzhen during the Billie Jean King Cup Finals last weekend and then opened himself from the China in Beijing
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Elsewhere, Doubles World No 2 Taylor Townsend pulled himself from the China open ‘because of a change in schedule’, the WTA stated on Thursday, days after the American made controversial comments about Chinese food.
Townsend was taken under fire because he called Buffet Food ‘Crazy’ while competing on the Billie Jean King Cup in Shenzhen, who ended on Sunday.
“What the hell … Turtle and Bullfrog is wild,” Townsend posted on Instagram. “These people literally kill frogs, bullfrogs. Are they not those who cook and cook your warts and so on?” she added before she apologized later.
The 29-year-old would be top seeds with the Czech partner Katerina Siniakova in the women’s doubles in Beijing.
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