Seoul Open: Gasanova reaches second round

Russian Anastasia Gasanova beat Australian qualifier Astra Sharma 7-5, 7-5 to advance to the second round of the Seoul Open at the Seoul Olympic Park on Tuesday.

Gasanova, ranked No 141, will face the winner of the match between Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the top seed, and wildcard Boyoung Jeong next.

Seoul WTA 250, other first-round results (Seoul Olympic Park, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):

• Varvara Gracheva vs. Anna Blinkova
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Emma Raducanu
• Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Yanina Wickmayer
• Magda Linette vs. Arianne Hartono
• Tatjana Maria vs. Eugenie Bouchard
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Boyoung Jeong
• Asia Muhammad vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova: tuesday
• 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 (Q) beat Lizette Cabrera (Q): 7-6 (6), 6-2