BEIJING, October 13. /TASS/. Russia’s Diana Shnaider has defeated Britain’s Katie Boulter in the first round of a Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tournament in Wuhan, China.

The 11th-seeded Shnaider won 6-3, 6-1. In the next round, she will face the winner of the match between Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan and Zeynep Sonmez of Turkey, both of whom made the main draw through qualification.

Shnaider, 22, is currently 13th in the WTA rankings. She has won five WTA singles titles, with her semifinal appearance at the 2026 French Open being her best result to date at majors.

The Wuhan Open, part of the WTA 1000 series of tournaments, is played on hard courts and offers a total purse of $4 mln. Coco Gauff of the United States won the tournament last year.