China's Yuan Yue beats ninth seed Kostyuk into third round at Brisbane International

SYDNEY, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- China's Yuan Yue beat ninth seed Marta Kostyuk on Wednesday night to advance to the third round of the Brisbane International tennis tournament.

Yuan beat Kostyuk, the world number 18, 6-4, 6-3 in their second round match at the key Australian Open warm-up event.

The Chinese world number 49 won 65.5 percent of points on her own serve, compared to Kostyuk's 54.8 percent, despite