Thailand Open: Fruhvirtova makes second round, defeats Mattek-Sands in straight sets

Czech Linda Fruhvirtova, the No 8 seed, advanced to the second round of the Thailand Open by beating American wildcard Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-3, 6-1 at the True Arena Hua Hin on Tuesday.

Fruhvirtova, ranked No 51, will face Slovenian Tamara Zidansek next.

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Hua Hin WTA 250, other first-round results (True Arena Hua Hin, hard, USD 259.303, most recent results first):

• Dayana Yastremska vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Harriet Dart
• En-Shuo Liang vs. Marta Kostyuk: tuesday
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Anastasia Zakharova: tuesday
• Na-Lae Han beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse: 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
• Anna Kalinskaya (4) beat Ekaterina Makarova (Q): 6-1, 6-1
• Heather Watson beat Yulia Putintseva (2): 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (5)
• Tatjana Maria (6) beat Alexandra Eala (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Nao Hibino beat Valeria Savinykh (Q): 6-0, 6-2
• Mirjam Bjorklund beat Lanlana Tararudee (WC): 6-2, 6-4
• Tamara Zidansek beat Astra Sharma (Q): 6-2, 6-3
• Lin Zhu beat Xiyu Wang (3): 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
• Xinyu Wang (7) beat Joanne Zuger (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Su Jeong Jang beat Katie Boulter: 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
• Lesia Tsurenko beat Ysaline Bonaventure: 6-3, 4-6, 6-4