TENNIS
No shocks on day two in Dalian
Top seed Duan Ying-ying picked up her first WTA Tour win in over two months to advance to the second round of the Dalian Open.
Duan suffered first-round defeats at Wimbledon and Nanchang, but returned to winning ways at the WTA 125K event, seeing off qualifier Beatrice Gumulya 6-3 6-2.
Vera Zvonareva's winning return to main-draw action had headlined day one in Dalian, but Wednesday's fare was much more routine, with no great shocks to speak of.
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Second seed Danka Kovinic beat Dalila Jakupovic in three sets, while Kateryna Kozlova (5) and Arina Rodionova (9) were also expected winners.
Liu Fangzhou, Lu Jia-jing and Zhang Kai-lin were home hopes to advance, while Russia's Vitalia Diatchenko also made it through.
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