Seoul Open: Top seed Ostapenko into second round, Gasanova next

Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the top seed, moved into the second round of the Seoul Open by edging out wildcard Boyoung Jeong 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2) at the Seoul Olympic Park on Tuesday night.

Ostapenko, ranked No 19, will face Russian Anastasia Gasanova next.

Seoul WTA 250, other first-round results (Seoul Olympic Park, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):

• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Emma Raducanu : to be played
• Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Yanina Wickmayer : to be played
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Anna Blinkova : to be played
• Magda Linette vs. Arianne Hartono : to be played
• Tatjana Maria vs. Eugenie Bouchard : to be played
• 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