Korea Open: Kudermetova battles back to reach second round
Polina Kudermetova beat Alycia Parks 3-6, 6-1, 6-0 on Monday night. She’ll face Liechtensteiner Kathinka von Deichmann in the next round
Kudermetova, Doha 2023 – © Imago / Panoramic
Russian Polina Kudermetova reached the second round of the Korea Open by defeating American Alycia Parks, the No 6 seed, 3-6, 6-1, 6-0 at the Olympic Park Tennis Stadium in Seoul on Monday.
Kudermetova, ranked No 170, will play Liechtensteiner Kathinka von Deichmann 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: monday
- Arianne Hartono vs. Yue Yuan: monday
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (3) beat Mai Hontama: 6-3, 6-1
- Kathinka von Deichmann beat Irina Khromacheva (LL): 5-7, 6-4, 3-0 ret.
- Yanina Wickmayer beat En-Shuo Liang (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Claire Liu beat Yeonwoo Ku (Q): 6-3, 6-3
