Seoul Open: Alexandrova advances to quarter-finals
Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Na-Lae Han 6-1, 6-3 on Wednesday night. She’ll play the winner of the match between Russian Anna Blinkova and Swiss qualifier Lulu Sun in the next round
Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the second seed, reached the quarter-finals of the Seoul Open by winning against wildcard Na-Lae Han 6-1, 6-3 at the Seoul Olympic Park on Wednesday night.
Alexandrova, ranked No 24, will play the winner of the match between Russian Anna Blinkova and Swiss qualifier Lulu Sun next.
Ahead of her victory, the Russian beat American Asia Muhammad (6-1, 3-6, 6-1).
Han, ranked No 212, defeated qualifier Dayeon Back (6-1, 6-1) in the previous round of the Hana Bank Korea Open.
Seoul WTA 250, other second-round matches (Seoul Olympic Park, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):
- Anna Blinkova vs. Lulu Sun : to be played
- Yanina Wickmayer vs. Emma Raducanu : to be played
- Magda Linette vs. Kristina Mladenovic : to be played
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Anastasia Gasanova : to be played
- Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva vs. Rebecca Marino : to be played
- Tatjana Maria (7) beat Kimberly Birrell: 6-0, 6-3
- Lin Zhu (4) beat Ankita Raina (Q): 6-1, 6-3
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