Qualifiers Kudermetova and Kawa beat higher-ranked players in Ningbo

Two qualifiers beat higher-ranked opponents in Tuesday's round-of-32 matches at the Ningbo Open, a WTA 500 hard-court event.

Polina Kudermetova, a qualifier ranked 102nd, won 7-6(5), 6-2 against 38th-ranked Cristina Bucsa. Her next match is against top seed and defending champion Elena Rybakina.

Katarzyna Kawa, a qualifier ranked 128th, came from a set down to beat 40th-ranked Daria Snigur. Kawa made 23 unforced errors in the opening set and one over the next two.

Fifth seed Belinda Bencic advanced when Jelena Ostapenko retired with Bencic leading 6-3, 1-1.

Two former Ningbo finalists also won. Sixth seed Diana Shnaider, the 2023 runner-up, needed 2 hours, 27 minutes to beat qualifier Yulia Putintseva 7-5, 7-6(4). Ekaterina Alexandrova, who lost last year's final to Rybakina, defeated wild card Hanyu Guo 6-2, 6-3.

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