Korea Open: Kwon reaches second round

SoonWoo Kwon reached the second round of the Korea Open by winning against qualifier Yunseong Chung 7-6 (5), 6-7 (3), 6-1 at the Seoul Olympic Park on Tuesday.

Kwon, ranked No 121, will play American Jenson Brooksby, the No 8 seed, next.

Seoul ATP 250, other first-round results (Seoul Olympic Park, hard, USD 1.237.570, most recent results first):

• Taro Daniel vs. Emilio Gomez
• Yoshihito Nishioka beat Daniel Evans (5): 6-2, 7-6 (3)
• Chun-Hsin Tseng beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-4, 0-0 ret.
• Jenson Brooksby beat Tung-lin Wu (Q): 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-0
• Steve Johnson beat JiSung Nam (WC): 7-6 (3), 6-4
• Mackenzie McDonald beat Pedro Martinez: 7-5, 6-4
• Nicolas Jarry (Q) beat Ryan Peniston (LL): 6-3, 7-6 (8)
• Kaichi Uchida (WC) beat Seong Chan Hong (WC): 6-4, 6-2
• Radu Albot beat Hiroki Moriya (LL): 6-3, 6-4
• Aleksandar Kovacevic (LL) beat Miomir Kecmanovic (7): 6-4, 6-4
• Jaume Munar beat Yosuke Watanuki (Q): 2-1 ret.