In the Beijing third round, the top seed and ranked second in the world will take on the 29th-seeded Lulu Sun of New Zealand or the 29th-seeded Ashlyn Krueger of the United States.
In her biggest match of her short career, the Belarusian, who had just won the US Open, persevered against an opponent rated 187th in the world.
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