The Russian Maria Sharapova advanced with some difficulty to the quarterfinals of the tournament of tennis from Shenzhen, which lost the second and third seeds instead.
The second favorite, the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, was left out of the tournament as soon as her participation began, defeated by the Czech Krystyna Pliskova 6-1, 6-4.
The Chinese Shuai Zhang, third seed, also fell 6-3, 7-6 (5) and 6-4 against the Kazakh Zarina Diyas in the second round.
Maria Sharapova lost the first set to the American Alison Riske 4-6, but then took the next two 6-3 and 6-2.
Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka beat Montenegrin Danka Kovinic 6-1 6-0 and Romanian Ana Bogdan beat Italian Camila Giorgi 6-4 6-2.
The world number one, the Romanian Simona Halep, will meet on Wednesday in the second round with the Chinese Ying-ying Duan. EFE
The second favorite, the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, was left out of the tournament as soon as her participation began, defeated by the Czech Krystyna Pliskova 6-1, 6-4.
The Chinese Shuai Zhang, third seed, also fell 6-3, 7-6 (5) and 6-4 against the Kazakh Zarina Diyas in the second round.
Maria Sharapova lost the first set to the American Alison Riske 4-6, but then took the next two 6-3 and 6-2.
Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka beat Montenegrin Danka Kovinic 6-1 6-0 and Romanian Ana Bogdan beat Italian Camila Giorgi 6-4 6-2.
The world number one, the Romanian Simona Halep, will meet on Wednesday in the second round with the Chinese Ying-ying Duan. EFE