Korea Open: Alexandrova makes second round
Ekaterina Alexandrova won against Mai Hontama 6-3, 6-1 on Monday night and will face Belgian Yanina Wickmayer in the next round
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Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 3 seed, defeated Japanese Mai Hontama 6-3, 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Korea Open in Seoul on Monday.
Alexandrova, ranked No 22, will play Belgian Yanina Wickmayer 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
- Arianne Hartono vs. Yue Yuan: monday
- Polina Kudermetova vs. Alycia Parks: monday
- 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
