Overview

• Top-seeded Iga Swiatek beat wildcard Yuan Yue 6-0, 6-3 in Beijing to reach round three, where she will meet Camila Osorio.
• The WTA said the victory made Swiatek the first player with 25 or more WTA-1000 wins in three consecutive seasons.
• Swiatek entered the Asian swing with few points to protect after missing last year’s China Open during a one-month contamination-related suspension confirmed by the ITIA.
• Defending champion Coco Gauff advanced 6-4, 6-0 over Kamilla Rakhimova to the last 32 and next faces Leylah Fernandez.
• Elsewhere, Emma Raducanu logged her first China Open win to reach the third round, Sonay Kartal upset No. 14 Daria Kasatkina, and Naomi Osaka fell to Aliaksandra Sasnovich.