MOSCOW, September 27 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Alina Zhidkova reached the second round Tuesday of the 2005 Guangzhou International Women's Open in China.
She defeated Chinese player Shengnan Sun 6:3, 6:2.
Another Russian player in the $170,000 tournament Galina Voskoboyeva lost in the first round 4:6, 0:6 to Viktoria Azarenko from Belarus.