Krueger beats Podoroska in Korea opener

American Ashlyn Krueger won against Argentinian Nadia Podoroska 6-2, 6-4 to move into the second round of the Korea Open at the Olympic Park Tennis Centre in Seoul on Tuesday.

Krueger, ranked No 80, will face the winner of the match between American Jessica Pegula, the top seed, and Slovak Viktoria Hruncakova next.

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

• Dayeon Back vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Kayla Day vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Sachia Vickery vs. Kimberly Birrell
• Laura Pigossi vs. Emina Bektas
• Jessica Pegula vs. Viktoria Hruncakova
• Sofia Kenin vs. Su Jeong Jang: tuesday
• Eva Lys vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: tuesday
• 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