World No. 228 Himeno Sakatsume of Japan crushed fourth-seeded Sofia Kenin 6-2, 6-1 in 72 minutes on Tuesday in the first round of the Hong Kong Tennis Open.

Sakatsume converted seven of 14 break chances as Kenin won only 39% (15 of 38) of the points on her first serve. Sakatsume next faces Hong Kong wild card Eudice Chong, a 6-3, 6-4 winner over the Netherlands’ Suzan Lamens.

The other seeded players fared better. No. 1 Belinda Bencic of Switzerland defeated Russia’s Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-3, 6-4 and No. 2 Leylah Fernandez beat China’s Xiyu Wang 6-1, 6-4. No. 3 Victoria Mboko of Canada rallied for a 6-7 (2), 6-1, 6-4 win over Australia’s Talia Gibson. No. 6 Anna Kalinskaya of Russia, No. 7 Sorana Cirstea of Romania and No. 8 Emiliana Arango also advanced to the second round, as did Chin

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