Petra kvitova in draw ceremony 2017 China open. Petra win's over kristina pliskova 1 round.

BEIJING, China
 In a battle of the Czech left-handers, No.12 seed Petra Kvitova has posted an efficient 6-3, 7-5 victory over Kristyna Pliskova to move into the second round of the China Open.

It was the first meeting between the pair, but Kvitova's supremacy over her countrywomen has long been noteworthy. The 27-year-old came into today's match riding a 22-match winning streak over her fellow Czechs stretching back half a decade since her loss to Lucie Hradecka in the second round of Madrid in 2012 - one of a scant three overall losses to Czechs she has suffered in her career.