Khromacheva and Samsonova beat Maleckova and Skoch in Beijing WTA 1000 round of 64

Irina Khromacheva and Liudmila Samsonova beat Jesika Maleckova and Miriam Skoch 7-5, 6-4 in the round of 64 at the WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing and advanced to the round of 16, according to api.tennis.

In their last doubles match before Beijing, Khromacheva and Samsonova lost to Anna Danilina and Aje Muhammad in Rome: 6-3, 5-7, 0-1(7).