China Open 2016: Monday Tennis Scores, Results and Updated Draw Schedule

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Published: October 3, 2016

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Defending champion Garbine Muguruza advanced to the third round at the 2016 China Open on Monday as she beat Yulia Putintseva in two sets. World No. 1 Angelique Kerber also moved on. 

Madison Keys beat Kristina Mladenovic in straight sets to book her place in Round 3, but Venus Williams suffered a shock exit at the hands of local favourite Shuai Peng.

Agnieszka Radwanska progressed to the next round, defeating Ekaterina Makarova in straight sets 6-3, 6-4.

In the men's draw, fifth seed David Ferrer kicked off his tournament with a win as he overcame Pablo Cuevas in straight sets. Sixth seed Lucas Pouille and seventh seed Roberto Bautista Agut also won.

Here are the results from Monday's action:



The daily schedule for the event can be found here. Here is Tuesday's order of play, courtesy of the tournament's official Twitter feed:



        Recap Muguruza started her match in fine fettle as she broke Putintseva twice on the way to claiming the opening set 6-2, successfully saving two break points against her all the while.

The WTA shared a look at the kind of tennis the Spaniard was playing:



The second set left much to be desired from Muguruza's point of view, however, as the pair broke each other four times apiece.

Poor serving particularly let down Muguruza—according to Pro Tennis Live, she got her first serve in just 46 per cent of the time.

Putintseva's shot-making also improved, as the WTA demonstrated:



The French Open champion twice missed the chance to serve out the match but was able to come out on top in a hard-fought tiebreaker.

As for Kerber, she exchanged breaks with Katerina Siniakova in the opening set before a second break of serve allowed her to serve it out after 38 minutes.

The German's passing shots were as stron...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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