Beijing: Top seeds Agnieszka Radwanska and Svetlana Kuznetsova made short work of their opponents Wednesday to advance in the WTA Tianjin Open.
In the last first-round match, world number two and top seed Radwanska took just an hour to beat Germany’s Tatjana Maria, ranked 105, winning 71 per cent of first serve points.
Meanwhile 31-year-old Kuznetsova, the second seed, advanced to the third round with a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Donna Vekic of Croatia, despite hitting one ace to her opponent’s five.
Danka Kovinic of Montenegro lost the first set against American Shelby Rogers. But her opponent only took three more games as Kovinic ran out a 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 winner, notching eight aces and saving seven break points out of 10.
China has hosted an increasing number of WTA tournaments as it seeks more clout in the game.
The Tianjin Open carries a total prize purse of $426,750 (Dh1.5 million), according to the WTA’s website.
