Seoul Open: Blinkova advances to second round
Anna Blinkova won against Varvara Gracheva 6-4, 7-6 (1) on Wednesday night and will face Swiss qualifier Lulu Sun in the next round
Anna Blinkova defeated No 5 seed Varvara Gracheva 6-4, 7-6 (1) to move into the second round of the Seoul Open at the Seoul Olympic Park on Wednesday night.
Blinkova, ranked No 146, will play Swiss qualifier Lulu Sun next.
Seoul WTA 250, other first-round results (Seoul Olympic Park, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):
- Moyuka Uchijima vs. Emma Raducanu
- Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Yanina Wickmayer
- Magda Linette (3) beat Arianne Hartono: 6-2, 7-5
- Tatjana Maria (7) beat Eugenie Bouchard: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5)
- Jelena Ostapenko (1) beat Boyoung Jeong (WC): 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2)
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (2) beat Asia Muhammad: 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
- Anastasia Gasanova beat Astra Sharma (Q): 7-5, 7-5
- Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (LL) beat Chloe Paquet: 6-2, 6-2
- Ankita Raina (Q) beat Maddison Inglis: 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
- Kristina Mladenovic beat Sohyun Park (WC): 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
- Rebecca Marino (8) beat Jana Fett (Q): 6-1, 6-2
- Kimberly Birrell beat Priscilla Hon: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
- Lin Zhu (4) beat Su Jeong Jang: 6-3, 6-4
- Na-Lae Han (WC) beat Dayeon Back (Q): 6-1, 6-1
- Lulu Sun beat Lizette Cabrera (Q): 7-6 (6), 6-2
