China's Yuan Yue advances to Brisbane International second round

SYDNEY, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- Yuan Yue advanced to the second round of the Brisbane International Tennis Tournament on a mixed day for Chinese players on Monday.

Yuan beat the Netherlands' Arantxa Rus 6-2, 6-4 in one hour and 17 minutes at the key Australian Open warm-up event.

The Chinese world number 49 was dominant on serve and was not broken the entire match, successfully saving all three of Rus's break