Fourth seed Kristiana Sidorova dropped the opening set to Aruzhan Sagandykova but took the next two to close out the match 3-6 6-2 6-1. According to api.tennis, the match took place in the first round of qualifying at the WTA 125 category event in Jingshan, which is being played on hard courts with a prize fund of 115,000 dollars.

According to rank.tennis, Sidorova is ranked 342nd with 189 points. This was the first meeting between the two players, and per api.tennis, the Russian came out on top.