Korea Open: Bektas moves into second round

Emina Bektas edged out Laura Pigossi 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-5 on Tuesday night and will face Su Jeong Jang in the next round

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Hana Bank Korea Open •Third round • completed
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American Emina Bektas edged out Brazilian Laura Pigossi 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-5 to move into the second round of the Korea Open at the Olympic Park Tennis Centre in Seoul on Tuesday.

Bektas, ranked No 116, will face Su Jeong Jang next.

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

  • Kayla Day vs. Marie Bouzkova
  • Dayeon Back vs. Jelena Ostapenko: tuesday
  • Kimberly Birrell beat Sachia Vickery (Q): 6-4, 6-4
  • Jessica Pegula (1) beat Viktoria Hruncakova: 6-2, 6-4
  • Su Jeong Jang beat Sofia Kenin (5): 6-1, 6-4
  • Eva Lys beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: 6-2, 6-4
  • Ashlyn Krueger beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-2, 6-4
  • Kaja Juvan beat Katie Boulter (8): 6-4, 6-4
  • Arantxa Rus (7) beat Na-Lae Han (WC): 6-1, 6-3
  • 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

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