Korea Open: Wickmayer books spot in second round
Yanina Wickmayer defeated En-Shuo Liang 6-3, 6-4 on Monday night and will face the winner of the match between Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 3 seed, and Japanese Mai Hontama in the next round
Yanina Wickmayer (Francois Asal / Panoramic)
Belgian Yanina Wickmayer won against qualifier En-Shuo Liang 6-3, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Korea Open in Seoul on Monday.
Wickmayer, ranked No 83, will face the winner of the match between Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 3 seed, and Japanese Mai Hontama 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
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Mai Hontama
- Arianne Hartono vs. Yue Yuan
- Polina Kudermetova vs. Alycia Parks
- Kathinka von Deichmann vs. Irina Khromacheva: monday
- Claire Liu beat Yeonwoo Ku (Q): 6-3, 6-3
