Thailand Open: Putintseva fights back against Naklo to book spot in second round

Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, the No 7 seed, reached the second round of the Thailand Open by winning against Thai wildcard Thasaporn Naklo 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 at the True Arena Hua Hin.

Putintseva, ranked No 70, will face Swiss Viktorija Golubic next.

Hua Hin WTA 250, other first-round results (True Arena Hua Hin, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Alina Korneeva vs. Yafan Wang: tuesday
• Lin Zhu (2) beat Taylah Preston (Q): 6-4, 7-5
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (8) beat Mai Hontama (Q): 7-6 (5), 7-6 (8)
• Zhuoxuan Bai beat Chloe Paquet (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Linda Fruhvirtova beat Anastasia Tikhonova (LL): 6-3, 6-1
• Arina Rodionova beat Yue Yuan (6): 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-3
• Tatjana Maria (4) beat Arianne Hartono (Q): 6-3, 6-1
• Katie Volynets beat Tamara Zidansek: 6-2, 6-2
• Paula Badosa beat Lanlana Tararudee (WC): 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
• Viktorija Golubic beat Laura Pigossi: 6-1, 6-2
• Xinyu Wang (3) beat Emina Bektas: 5-2 ret.
• Diana Shnaider beat Magda Linette (1): 6-4, 1-6, 6-1
• 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