The first racket of Ukraine Elina Svitolina won a landslide victory over Priscilla Hon in the opening bout at the tournament in Hong Kong.
In the game, which lasted a little over an hour, the Ukrainian easily dealt with the Australian in two sets - 6: 2, 6: 3.
Elina earned 7 195 dollars and 30 rating points for reaching the second round of the competition..
In the next fight, Svitolina faces off against the 125th racket of the world Japanese Nao Khibino.
Note that another Ukrainian, Diana Yastremskaya, also made her way to the next stage of the competition.. The girl in two sets beat the 129th world ranking number - Hungarian Fanny Stollar - 6: 4, 6: 4.
Recall that the second racket of Ukraine Lesya Tsurenko refused to participate in the tournament in China due to injury.