Although Heather Watson won her first round in the qualifying stages for this week's Chinese Open she lost the second round match so misses out on the main competition.
Laura Robson fared better winning both rounds of the qualifung stages. Her first match in the main competition was against Kimiko Date-Krumm (one of the more delightful names in tennis). She has won that match winninh 6-4, 6-4. Laura Robson's opponent in the second round is Lourdes Dominguez Lino.