Darya Astakhova, seeded 19th in qualifying, defeated Desirae Krawczyk at the WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing 6-2 6-1 to advance after the first qualifying round match.
The match quickly slipped away from Krawczyk
In the first set, Astakhova took six games to Krawczyk's two. The gap widened even further in the second set, which the Russian closed out 6-1 to finish the match in straight sets.
According to api.tennis, the overall set score was 2:0. No further statistics on serve, break points, or points won are available in the data.
Astakhova now leads Krawczyk 1:0 in their head-to-head. Astakhova's recent results before this match included matches in Seoul, including wins over Magda Linette and Aleksandra Shubladze and a loss to Alina Korneeva.