Korea Open: Bouzkova through to second round

Fourth seed Marie Bouzkova defeated American Kayla Day 6-4, 6-4 to move into the second round of the Korea Open at the Olympic Park Tennis Stadium in Seoul on Tuesday.

Bouzkova, ranked No 29, will face German Eva Lys next.

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

• Dayeon Back (WC) beat Jelena Ostapenko (2): 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4)
• Kimberly Birrell beat Sachia Vickery (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Jessica Pegula (1) beat Viktoria Hruncakova: 6-2, 6-4
• Emina Bektas beat Laura Pigossi: 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-5
• 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