Ostapenko upended by world No 569 Dayeon Back in Seoul
Dayeon Back edged out Jelena Ostapenko 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4) on Tuesday night and will play Australian Kimberly Birrell in the next round
Jelana Ostapenko US Open 2023
Local wildcard Dayeon Back came from 5-2 down in the third set and saved a match point as she stunned former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko, the No 2 seed, 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4) to reach the second round of the Korean Open on Tuesday.
The world No 569, who has won two events on the ITF Tour in recent weeks, won the deciding tiebreak 7-4 to set up a clash with Australian Kimberly Birrell.
Korea Open WTA 250, other first-round results (Olympic Park Tennis Centre, hard, most recent results first):
- Kayla Day vs. Marie Bouzkova: tuesday
- 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
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