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Tennis - Rejuvenated Osaka powers past Diyas in China opener

Osaka, 20, who skipped last week's Wuhan Open due to a viral infection, broke her Kazakh opponent five times in the 68-minute match to book a second-round clash with Danielle Collins.

Tennis - Rejuvenated Osaka powers past Diyas in China opener
(Reuters)

The world number six from Japan broke Diyas in the ninth game before claiming the opening set and she reeled off four games in a row before closing out victory.

Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki beat Switzerland's Belinda Bencic 6-2 6-3 while former world number one Garbine Muguruza of Spain dispatched Russian Ekaterina Makarova 6-0 6-4.

American Madison Keys pulled out with a knee injury before her match against Anastasija Sevastova, local hope Zhang Shuai upset 15th seed Elise Mertens 6-1 3-6 6-3 and seventh seed Karolina Pliskova cruised past Australian Samantha Stosur 6-4 6-4.

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(Reporting by Manas Mishra in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)


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