Seoul Open: Maria into second round
Tatjana Maria defeated Eugenie Bouchard 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) on Tuesday and will play Kimberly Birrell in the next round
German Tatjana Maria, the No 7 seed, won against Canadian Eugenie Bouchard 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) to advance to the second round of the Seoul Open at the Seoul Olympic Park on Tuesday.
Maria, ranked No 80, will face Kimberly Birrell next.
Seoul WTA 250, other first-round results (Seoul Olympic Park, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):
- Moyuka Uchijima vs. Emma Raducanu
- Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Yanina Wickmayer
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Anna Blinkova
- Magda Linette vs. Arianne Hartono
- Jelena Ostapenko (1) beat Boyoung Jeong (WC): 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2)
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (2) beat Asia Muhammad: 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
- 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 (WC) beat Dayeon Back (Q): 6-1, 6-1
- Lulu Sun (Q) beat Lizette Cabrera (Q): 7-6 (6), 6-2
