Margarita Gasparyan reaches second round of Nanchang tennis tournament

Russian tennis player of Armenian origin Margarita Gasparyan has overcome the first round barrier at the tournament in Nanchang (China), whose prize fund tops $225,000, Rsport.ria.ru reports.

The Russian tennis player outplayed the Chinese Shilin Xu on Monday, July 23 with a score of 6:1, 6:4.

In the next round, Gasparyan will face the winner of the match between the first racket of the tournament Zhang Shuai of China and Germany’s Sabine Lisicki.