Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus defeated China's Junhan Zhang in the first round of qualifying at the Beijing tournament 6-2 6-0 to advance to the next round of qualifying. The WTA 1000 event is played on hard courts and carries a prize fund of $9.4 million. The match result is reported by api.tennis.
Sasnovich took the first set 6-2. The gap widened even further in the second, as she closed it out 6-0 without dropping a single game to Zhang. The final set score stood at 2:0 in favor of the Belarusian.
Ranking gap and recent results
According to rank.tennis, Sasnovich is ranked 129th with 556 points. Junhan Zhang sits at 599th with 73 points. In their head-to-head meetings, the score stands 1:0 in favor of Sasnovich.
Ahead of Beijing, Sasnovich competed in Singapore. In the first round she beat Daria Kasatkina 7-5 6-0, before falling to Mirra Andreeva in the second round 2-6 2-6. At the US Open, the Belarusian lost to Vendula Valdmannová 7-5 3-6 1-6. Zhang had previously played in Ma'anshan, where she beat Xi Luo 6-1 before losing in the next round to Zijun Jiang 3-6 0-2.