China Open Begins in Beijing; Yastremska, Boulter, Yue Amongst 16 First-Round Winners

The 2026 China Open opened first-round play Wednesday in Beijing, with 16 girls’s singles matches accomplished throughout the underside half of the draw on the opening day of a WTA 1000 occasion carrying a $9,415,725 prize pool. Top-half Round of 128 motion is scheduled for Thursday.

Dayana Yastremska and Katie Boulter headlined the day’s outcomes. Yastremska dispatched Caty McNally 6-3, 6-4, whereas Boulter defeated Mai Hontama by the identical rating. Sinja Kraus wanted three units to get previous Maya Joint, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, and Maria Timofeeva dealt with Darja Vidmanova 6-3, 6-3. Chinese wildcard Yuan Yue added an area spotlight, defeating Oleksandra Oliynykova 6-2, 6-3 to advance into the second spherical. Janice Tjen upset Anhelina Kalinina in three units, 2-6, 7-5, 6-4. All outcomes have been confirmed by the official WTA singles draw sheet, launched September 30.

The seeded gamers enter within the second spherical. Elena Rybakina holds the highest seed in a draw that options Aryna Sabalenka at No. 2, Coco Gauff — the 2024 China Open champion — at No. 3, and Mirra Andreeva at No. 4. Linda Noskova, Elina Svitolina, Karolina Muchova, and Iga Swiatek full the highest eight. Swiatek returns to the town the place she gained the 2023 title. All 32 seeds obtained first-round byes within the 96-player draw.

Two native matches headline Thursday’s top-half schedule. Zheng Qinwen opens in opposition to qualifier Shi Han in an all-Chinese first-round assembly. Wildcard Sun Xinran — 16 years outdated and ranked No. 1 within the ITF junior standings in her WTA main-draw debut, per WTA.com — faces Eva Lys.

Defending champion Amanda Anisimova withdrew earlier than the match with a wrist damage, leaving the draw with out its titleholder. Anisimova beat Linda Noskova 6-0, 2-6, 6-2 in final 12 months’s remaining, per WTA.com.

Per WTA.com’s match preview, a number of previous Beijing champions are within the discipline, together with Gauff (2024), Swiatek (2023), and Naomi Osaka — the 2019 champion, seeded twelfth. The singles winner earns 1,000 rating factors and $1,151,380. The remaining is scheduled for October 11 at 7 a.m. ET.

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