Korea Open: Rus makes second round

Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus, the No 7 seed, defeated wildcard Na-Lae Han 6-1, 6-3 to advance to the second round of the Korea Open at the Olympic Park Tennis Centre in Seoul on Monday night.

Rus, ranked No 51, will face American Claire Liu next.

Korea Open WTA 250, other first-round results, most recent results first:

• Dayeon Back vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Kayla Day vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Sachia Vickery vs. Kimberly Birrell
• Nadia Podoroska vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Jessica Pegula vs. Viktoria Hruncakova
• Laura Pigossi vs. Emina Bektas
• Sofia Kenin vs. Su Jeong Jang
• Eva Lys vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
• Katie Boulter vs. Kaja Juvan: monday
• Yue Yuan beat Arianne Hartono (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• 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