Daria Snigur rallied from a set down to beat #14 seed Jasmine Paolini 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-2 on Friday at the China Open, leading a second-round day in Beijing that cost six seeds their places in the draw.
Paolini, a former world #4, controlled the opening set, but Snigur held her nerve through the second-set tiebreak and pulled away in the decider. It was the Ukrainian’s third win over a Top 20 opponent in 2026, and it sends her into a third-round meeting with Australia’s Taylah Preston.
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