Guangzhou: Tagger beats Linette 6-2 6-2, Sun wins in a tiebreak

Lilli Tagger beat Magda Linette 6-2 6-2 in Guangzhou. Tagger, ranked No. 53, won 79 % of her first-serve points and converted 4 of 9 break points. Linette, ranked No. 71, hit 9 aces. Sometimes the bigger number sits on the other side of the scoreline.

Xinran Sun, ranked No. 405, beat Maria Timofeeva 6-3 4-6 7-6(3). Sun converted 6 of 10 break points. Timofeeva, ranked No. 72, converted 6 of 11 and hit 4 aces.

Kaitlin Quevedo beat Anna Bondar 7-5 6-3. Quevedo, ranked No. 86, hit 10 aces. Bondar, ranked No. 76, hit 4 aces and won 74 % of her first-serve points.

J. Teichmann beat Zeynep Sonmez 4-6 6-3 6-1, taking the last two sets after dropping the first. Teichmann converted 7 of 11 break points. Sonmez, ranked No. 64, converted 4 of 6.

Claire Liu advanced by walkover against Katerina Siniakova. Of the 5 matches in the Round of 16, 2 went to a deciding set, 2 finished in straight sets and 1 had a tiebreak.

Next in the draw are three Quarter-finals. Quevedo plays Teichmann at 07:30 CET, Sun meets Liu at 09:00 CET and Tagger plays Han Shi at 12:00 CET.

Data as of 06:30 CET · API-Tennis

Key numbers

5AcesTagger 5 · Linette 9

4/9Break points wonTagger 4/9 · Linette 0/1

73%First-serve percentageTagger 73% · Linette 49%