Thailand Open: Golubic advances to second round

Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic advanced to the second round of the Thailand Open by defeating Brazilian Laura Pigossi 6-1, 6-2 at the True Arena Hua Hin on Monday.

Golubic, ranked No 71, will face the winner of the match between Thai wildcard Thasaporn Naklo and Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, the No 7 seed, next.

Hua Hin WTA 250, other first-round matches (True Arena Hua Hin, hard, USD 267,082):

• Xinyu Wang (3) beat Emina Bektas: 5-2 ret.
• Dalma Galfi (Q) beat Ajla Tomljanovic (WC): 6-3, 6-0
• Nao Hibino beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 7-6 (4), 6-0
• Xiyu Wang (5) beat Qiang Wang: 6-1, 6-1
• Thasaporn Naklo vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Taylah Preston vs. Lin Zhu
• Alina Korneeva vs. Yafan Wang
• Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Claire Liu
• Zhuoxuan Bai vs. Chloe Paquet
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Mai Hontama
• Yue Yuan vs. Arina Rodionova
• Arianne Hartono vs. Tatjana Maria
• Tamara Zidansek vs. Katie Volynets
• Lanlana Tararudee vs. Paula Badosa
• Magda Linette vs. Diana Shnaider