Korea Open: Kudermetova battles back to reach second round

Russian Polina Kudermetova reached the second round of the Korea Open by defeating American Alycia Parks, the No 6 seed, 3-6, 6-1, 6-0 at the Olympic Park Tennis Stadium in Seoul on Monday.

Kudermetova, ranked No 170, will play Liechtensteiner Kathinka von Deichmann next.

Korea Open WTA 250, other first-round results, most recent results first:

• Dayeon Back vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Sachia Vickery vs. Kimberly Birrell
• Laura Pigossi vs. Emina Bektas
• Sofia Kenin vs. Su Jeong Jang
• Kayla Day vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Eva Lys vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
• Nadia Podoroska vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Jessica Pegula vs. Viktoria Hruncakova
• Katie Boulter vs. Kaja Juvan
• Na-Lae Han vs. Arantxa Rus: monday
• Arianne Hartono vs. Yue Yuan: monday
• Ekaterina Alexandrova (3) beat Mai Hontama: 6-3, 6-1
• Kathinka von Deichmann beat Irina Khromacheva (LL): 5-7, 6-4, 3-0 ret.
• Yanina Wickmayer beat En-Shuo Liang (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Claire Liu beat Yeonwoo Ku (Q): 6-3, 6-3