Korea Open: Alexandrova into second round
Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 7 seed, moved into the second round of the Korea Open by winning against American qualifier Varvara Lepchenko 7-5, 3-6, 6-0 at the Olympic Park Tennis Center in Seoul on Monday.
Alexandrova, ranked No 31, will face the winner of the match between Russian lucky loser Polina Kudermetova and Australian qualifier Priscilla Hon next.
Seoul WTA 500, other first-round results (Olympic Park Tennis Center, hard, USD 922.573, most recent results first):
- Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Su Jeong Jang
- Peyton Stearns vs. Emma Raducanu
- Tatjana Maria vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Sloane Stephens vs. Hailey Baptiste
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Amanda Anisimova
- Polina Kudermetova vs. Priscilla Hon
- Arantxa Rus vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Carol Zhao (Q) beat Dayeon Back (WC): 6-4, 6-1
- Heather Watson (Q) beat Jia-Jing Lu (Q): 6-4, 6-4
- Veronika Kudermetova beat Shuai Zhang: 6-4, 6-3
- Yue Yuan (8) beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q): 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
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