Korea Open: Kudermetova moves into second round

Russian Veronika Kudermetova moved into the second round of the Korea Open by beating Chinese Shuai Zhang 6-4, 6-3 at the Olympic Park Tennis Center in Seoul on Monday.

Kudermetova, ranked No 42, will play second seed Liudmila Samsonova next.

Seoul WTA 500, other first-round results (Olympic Park Tennis Center, hard, USD 922.573, most recent results first):

• Tatjana Maria vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Su Jeong Jang
• Polina Kudermetova vs. Priscilla Hon
• Peyton Stearns vs. Emma Raducanu
• Sloane Stephens vs. Hailey Baptiste
• Arantxa Rus vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Varvara Lepchenko
• Dayeon Back vs. Carol Zhao
• Heather Watson vs. Jia-Jing Lu
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse vs. Yue Yuan: monday