FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Fed Cup - Fed Cup World Group - First Round - Germany v Belarus - Volkswagen Halle Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany - February 9, 2019 Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka celebrates during her match against Germany's Andrea Petkovic REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer
(Reuters) - Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka started her 2020 season in style with a 6-3 6-0 victory over Russian qualifier Margarita Gasparyan in the first round of the Shenzhen Open on Monday.
The Belarusian -- who also won titles in Wuhan and Zhuhai last year -- needed only 71 minutes to wrap up the contest, breaking Gasparyan five times on centre court to advance to the last 16.
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