Seoul Open: lucky loser Kasintseva reaches second round, dismantling Paquet

Andorran lucky loser Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva advanced to the second round of the Seoul Open by winning against Frenchwoman Chloe Paquet 6-2, 6-2 at the Seoul Olympic Park on Tuesday.

Kasintseva, ranked No 186, will play Canadian Rebecca Marino, the No 8 seed, next.

Seoul WTA 250, other first-round matches (Seoul Olympic Park, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):

• Varvara Gracheva vs. Anna Blinkova
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Emma Raducanu
• Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Yanina Wickmayer
• Magda Linette vs. Arianne Hartono
• Tatjana Maria vs. Eugenie Bouchard
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Boyoung Jeong
• Asia Muhammad vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Anastasia Gasanova vs. Astra Sharma: tuesday
• Ankita Raina (Q) beat Maddison Inglis: 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
• Kristina Mladenovic beat Sohyun Park (WC): 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
• Rebecca Marino beat Jana Fett (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• Kimberly Birrell beat Priscilla Hon: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
• Lin Zhu (4) beat Su Jeong Jang: 6-3, 6-4
• Na-Lae Han (WC) beat Dayeon Back (Q): 6-1, 6-1
• Lulu Sun (Q) beat Lizette Cabrera (Q): 7-6 (6), 6-2