Thailand Open: Kostyuk moves into second round

Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, the No 5 seed, won against qualifier En-Shuo Liang 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-0 to advance to the second round of the Thailand Open at the True Arena Hua Hin on Tuesday.

Kostyuk, ranked No 60, will play Japanese Nao Hibino next.

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

• Bianca Andreescu vs. Harriet Dart
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Moyuka Uchijima: tuesday
• Linda Fruhvirtova (8) beat Bethanie Mattek-Sands (WC): 6-3, 6-1
• Anastasia Zakharova beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
• 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