MINSK, 24 September (BelTA) – Belarus' world number 20 Aryna Sabalenka defeated Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro 7-6, 2-6, 6-2 at the start of the 2018 Wuhan Open in China, BelTA has learned.
The Belarusian will next play Ukraine's Elina Svitolina. Belarus' Aliaksandra Sasnovich also took a solid win at the start of the tournament in China seeing off Belgium's Elise Mertens. In the second round she will face Monica Puig from Puerto Rico.