Kartal beats Kalinina to reach Wuhan second round

British No.5 Sonay Kartal, ranked 170th, beat Ukraine's Anhelina Kalinina, ranked 48th, 7-5 6-3 to reach the Wuhan Open second round on 12 October. The match lasted 1 hour 31 minutes. Kartal hit four aces and won 23 of 30 first-serve points. She faces Swiss ninth seed Belinda Bencic next. Seeding keeps top players apart early.