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The top half of the draw went Thursday – with the non-seeded players competing in the round of 128.

Among them were SIX Chinese wild cards, most of whom you will never have heard of. But it’s a great opportunity for them to play at the highest level.

Two got a set. One, Gao Xinyu, gave Sara Sorribes Tormo everything she could handle before going down.

And then you have some first-rounders that were pretty tight and high level: Osorio v Tomljanovic, Dart v Tauson, Bondar v Cristian and Krueger v Wang Yafan.

(Beijing is 12 hours ahead of EDT)

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China Open
Location: Beijing, China
Category: WTA 1000 (Joint event with the ATP Tour)
Surface: Hard Court
Dates:  Sept. 25 – Oct. 6, 2024
Prize money: $8,127,389
Draws: S96 – D32

Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024
Final results
Singles, first round

Qualifier, LLs and PRs

[PR] Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) def. [WC] Ma Ye-Xin (CHN) 16 64 61

[LL] Jana Fett (CRO) def. [WC] Wang Meiling (CHN) 63 64

[LL] Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) def [Q] Kimberly Birrell (AUS) 62 64

[Q] Mananchaya Sawangkaew (THA) def. [PR] Zarina Diyas (KAZ) 62 63

[Q] Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) def [WC] Gao Xinyu (CHN) 67 (4) 75 75

Other results

Cristina Bucsa (ESP) def. [WC] Yao Xinxin (CHN) 63 62

Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) def. [Q] Arina Rodionova (AUS) 46 64 63

Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) def. Anna Bondar (HUN) 61 76 (5)

Viktorija Golubic (SUI) def Wang Xiyu (CHN) 76 (5) 06 63

Ashlyn Krueger (USA) def. Wang Yafan (CHN) 36 64 62

Camila Osorio (COL) def. [PR] Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) 16 63 63

[WC] Wei Sijia (CHN) def. [Q] Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) 64 76 (6)

Karolina Muchova (CZE) def. Anna Blinkova (RUS) 61 61

Nadia Podoroska (ARG) def [WC] Ren Yufei (CHN) 64 62

Clara Tauson (DEN) def Harriet Dart (GBR) 57 64 61

Moyuka Uchijima (JPN) def. [WC] Shi Han (CHN) 63 64 

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