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Jelena Jankovic marches through to Guangzhou second round

Jelena Jankovic of Serbia easily beat China's You Xiaodi 6-2, 6-1 in the WTA Guangzhou Open in New York on September 1, 2016

Defending champion Jelena Jankovic of Serbia sailed through her opening match at the WTA Guangzhou Open Tuesday, joining German Sabine Lisicki in the second round. The 31-year-old former world number one eased past China's You Xiaodi 6-2, 6-1, while 2013 Wimbledon finalist Lisicki beat Kwan Yau Ng of Hong Kong 6-2, 6-0. China's Peng Shuai beat compatriot and eighth seed Zheng Saisai 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 and is scheduled to face Lisicki in the next round. Jankovic will be confronting 21-year-old Swede Rebecca Peterson, listed as 124th in the WTA rankings. Twenty-year-old Estonian Anett Kontaveit made a strong showing, knocking out seventh seed Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-1 in a mere 54 minutes.