FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Pan Pacific Open Women's Singles Semi-final match - Utsubo Tennis Center, Osaka, Japan - September 21, 2019. Belgium's Elise Mertens in action. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
(Reuters) - Belgium's Elise Mertens made a winning start to 2020 as she eased past Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko 6-3 6-3 in the opening round of the Shenzhen Open on Sunday.
Tsurenko, who was playing her first tournament in nearly six months after recovering from an elbow injury, broke her opponent's serve in the opening game before Mertens responded in style.
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