Korea Open: Tomljanovic battles past Jang into second round
Ajla Tomljanovic defeated Su Jeong Jang 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3 on Tuesday and will face No 3 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia in the next round
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Hana Bank Korea Open 2024 Women's Singles •Third round •
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Australian Ajla Tomljanovic reached the second round of the Korea Open by winning against wildcard Su Jeong Jang 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3 at the Olympic Park Tennis Center in Seoul on Tuesday.
Tomljanovic, ranked No 122, will face No 3 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia next.
Seoul WTA 500, other first-round results (Olympic Park Tennis Center, hard, USD 922,573):
- Emma Raducanu beat Peyton Stearns: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5)
- Viktoriya Tomova beat Tatjana Maria: 6-2, 1-6, 6-0
- 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
