Seoul Open: Alexandrova moves into second round
Ekaterina Alexandrova won against Asia Muhammad 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 on Tuesday night. She’ll play wildcard Na-Lae Han in the next round
Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the second seed, moved into the second round of the Seoul Open by beating American Asia Muhammad 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 at the Seoul Olympic Park on Tuesday night.
Alexandrova, ranked No 24, will face wildcard Na-Lae Han next.
Seoul WTA 250, other first-round results (Seoul Olympic Park, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Anna Blinkova
- Moyuka Uchijima vs. Emma Raducanu
- Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Yanina Wickmayer
- Magda Linette vs. Arianne Hartono
- Tatjana Maria vs. Eugenie Bouchard
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Boyoung Jeong
- Anastasia Gasanova beat Astra Sharma (Q): 7-5, 7-5
- Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (LL) beat Chloe Paquet: 6-2, 6-2
- Ankita Raina (Q) beat Maddison Inglis: 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
- Kristina Mladenovic beat Sohyun Park (WC): 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
- Rebecca Marino (8) beat Jana Fett (Q): 6-1, 6-2
- Kimberly Birrell beat Priscilla Hon: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
- Lin Zhu (4) beat Su Jeong Jang: 6-3, 6-4
- Na-Lae Han beat Dayeon Back (Q): 6-1, 6-1
- Lulu Sun (Q) beat Lizette Cabrera (Q): 7-6 (6), 6-2