Korea Open: Von Deichmann books spot in second round
Kathinka von Deichmann benefited from the abandonment of Irina Khromacheva (5-7, 6-4, 3-0) on Monday night. She’ll face the winner of the match between Russian Polina Kudermetova and American Alycia Parks, the No 6 seed, in the next round
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Liechtensteiner Kathinka von Deichmann moved into the second round of the Korea Open when Russian lucky loser Irina Khromacheva retired in Seoul on Monday.
Von Deichmann, ranked No 343, led 5-7, 6-4, 3-0 when Khromacheva, ranked No 401, pulled out.
The Liechtensteiner will face the winner of the match between Russian Polina Kudermetova and American Alycia Parks, the No 6 seed, 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
- Arianne Hartono vs. Yue Yuan
- Polina Kudermetova vs. Alycia Parks: monday
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Mai Hontama: monday
- Yanina Wickmayer beat En-Shuo Liang (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Claire Liu beat Yeonwoo Ku (Q): 6-3, 6-3
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