Unseeded players had their day at the Jiangxi Open on Tuesday, with four of the top six seeds falling in Nanchang, China, in the first round.
Nao Hibino of Japan eliminated No. 1 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia 7-6 (2), 6-3 of Brazil, while Valeria Savinykh of Russia topped No. 2 seed Magda Linette of Poland 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (3). German Laura Siegemund defeated home-country favorite Xinyu Wang, the No. 4 seed, 6-1, 7-5, and Xiaodi You of China cruised past No. 5 seed Anna Blinkova of Russia 6-1, 6-1.
Also advancing were No. 3 seed Marie Bouzkova and her fellow Czech, Katerina Siniakova. The No. 7 seed, France’s Varvara Gracheva, Leylah Fernandez of Canada and Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus also moved to the second round.
–Field Level Media
