Korea Open: Tomova books spot in second round

Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova advanced to the second round of the Korea Open by winning against German Tatjana Maria 6-2, 1-6, 6-0 at the Olympic Park Tennis Center in Seoul on Tuesday.

Tomova, ranked No 54, will next play American Amanda Anisimova, who reached the second round by beating Yulia Putintseva, the seed No 6, 6-3, 7-5 (5).

Seoul WTA 500, other first-round results (Olympic Park Tennis Center, hard, USD 922.573, most recent results first):

• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Su Jeong Jang
• Peyton Stearns vs. Emma Raducanu
• Hailey Baptiste beat Sloane Stephens: 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Amanda Anisimova beat Yulia Putintseva (6): 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Polina Kudermetova (LL) beat Priscilla Hon (Q): 7-5, 6-4
• Marta Kostyuk (5) beat Arantxa Rus: 6-3, 6-1
• Ekaterina Alexandrova (7) beat Varvara Lepchenko (Q): 7-5, 3-6, 6-0
• Carol Zhao (Q) beat Dayeon Back (WC): 6-4, 6-1
• Heather Watson (Q) beat Jia-Jing Lu (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Veronika Kudermetova beat Shuai Zhang: 6-4, 6-3
• Yue Yuan (8) beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q): 4-6, 6-2, 6-2

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