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Jankovic, Errani into Guangzhou 2nd round
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DEFENDING champion Jelena Jankovic of Serbia sailed through her opening match at the Guangzhou Open yesterday, joining German Sabine Lisicki in the second round.
The 31-year-old former world No. 1 eased past China’s You Xiaodi 6-2, 6-1, while 2013 Wimbledon finalist Lisicki beat Kwan Yau Ng of China’s Hong Kong 6-2, 6-0.
China’s Peng Shuai upset compatriot and eighth seed Zheng Saisai 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 and is scheduled to face Lisicki in the next round.
Jankovic will be confronting 21-year-old Swede Rebecca Peterson, listed as 124th in the WTA rankings.
In a late match, top-seeded Italian Sara Errani had to work hard to fend off home favorite Han Xinyun 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (8).
Twenty-year-old Estonian Anett Kontaveit made a strong showing, knocking out seventh seed Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-1 in a mere 54 minutes.
However, 2013 finalist Vania King made an early exit after losing to Sofia Shapatava of Georgia 3-6, 5-7.
Also winning were Swiss Viktorija Golubic, Uzbeskistan’s Nigina Abduraimova, and Belarus’ Olga Govortsova.
In Tokyo, Japan, former champion Petra Kvitova stormed through her opening match at the Pan Pacific Open yesterday, beating American Madison Brengle 6-3, 6-3 in a flurry of swashbuckling winners.
The 26-year-old Czech, twice a Wimbledon winner, had too much firepower for Brengle in a match played under a closed roof due to typhoon rains in Tokyo.
Seventh seed Kvitova will next play Rio Olympic gold medalist Monica Puig of Puerto Rico.
Sixth seed Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia overcame another Czech, Lucie Safarova, 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 to set up a second-round match with fast-rising Japanese teenager Naomi Osaka.
“I’ve seen her play a few times,” Cibulkova said of Osaka. “She has a powerful serve and it’s always tough playing against young players — they are fearless and have nothing to lose.”
Denmark’s former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki battled to a 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 victory over Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic.
Elsewhere on a day badly affected by the weather, Latvia’s Anastasija Sevastova beat Ukrainian Kateryna Bondarenko 7-6, 6-3 while Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus overcame Belgian Yanina Wickmayer 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.
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