Korea Open: Yuan books spot in second round
Yue Yuan won against Arianne Hartono 6-1, 6-2 on Monday night and will play the winner of the match between No 8 seed Katie Boulter and Slovenian Kaja Juvan in the next round
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Chinese Yue Yuan moved into the second round of the Korea Open by beating Dutch qualifier Arianne Hartono 6-1, 6-2 at the Olympic Tennis Centre in Seoul on Monday.
Yuan, ranked No 128, will play the winner of the match between No 8 seed Katie Boulter and Slovenian Kaja Juvan next.
Korea Open WTA 250, other first-round results, most recent results first):
- Dayeon Back vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Kayla Day vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Eva Lys vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
- Nadia Podoroska vs. Ashlyn Krueger
- Jessica Pegula vs. Viktoria Hruncakova
- Sachia Vickery vs. Kimberly Birrell
- Laura Pigossi vs. Emina Bektas
- Sofia Kenin vs. Su Jeong Jang
- Katie Boulter vs. Kaja Juvan
- Na-Lae Han vs. Arantxa Rus: monday
- Polina Kudermetova beat Alycia Parks (6): 3-6, 6-1, 6-0
- 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
