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BEIJING (AP) — Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek defeated Yuan Yue
6-0, 6-3 on Saturday to advance to the third round at the China
Open and create some WTA Tour history.
The WTA said Swiatek, with Saturday’s win, became the first
player to register 25 or more wins at WTA-1000 events for three
consecutive seasons.
Top-seeded Swiatek, who won last week's Korea Open in Seoul, has
also won the French Open four times and the U.S. Open once among
her six Grand Slam singles titles.
In earlier matches Saturday in Beijing, fourth-seeded Mirra
Andreeva beat another Chinese player Zhu Lin 6-2, 6-2 and
American Emma Navarro defeated Elena-Gabriel Ruse 6-3, 7-6 (0).
Naomi Osaka and Emma Raducanu were scheduled to play their
second-round matches later Saturday.
The tournament is being held concurrently with an ATP 500 men's
tournament, with Jannik Sinner among those scheduled to play
matches later Saturday.
Sinner, who lost the U.S. Open final to Carlos Alcaraz three
weeks ago, dropped only four games in his first-round match
against Croatian veteran Marin Cilic. He was scheduled to play
Frenchman Terence Atmane for a place in the quarterfinals.
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