Thailand Open: Fruhvirtova beats Tikhonova to make second round

Linda Fruhvirtova moved into the second round of the Thailand Open by winning against Russian lucky loser Anastasia Tikhonova 6-3, 6-1 at the True Arena Hua Hin.

Fruhvirtova, ranked No 126, will play the winner of the match between Australian qualifier Taylah Preston and Chinese Lin Zhu, the second seed, next.

Hua Hin WTA 250, other first-round results (True Arena Hua Hin, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Thasaporn Naklo vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Taylah Preston vs. Lin Zhu
• Alina Korneeva vs. Yafan Wang
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Mai Hontama
• Zhuoxuan Bai vs. Chloe Paquet: tuesday
• Yue Yuan vs. Arina Rodionova: tuesday
• Tatjana Maria (4) beat Arianne Hartono (Q): 6-3, 6-1
• Katie Volynets beat Tamara Zidansek: 6-2, 6-2
• Paula Badosa beat Lanlana Tararudee (WC): 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
• Viktorija Golubic beat Laura Pigossi: 6-1, 6-2
• Xinyu Wang (3) beat Emina Bektas: 5-2 ret.
• Diana Shnaider beat Magda Linette (1): 6-4, 1-6, 6-1
• Dalma Galfi (Q) beat Ajla Tomljanovic (WC): 6-3, 6-0
• Nao Hibino beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 7-6 (4), 6-0
• Xiyu Wang (5) beat Qiang Wang: 6-1, 6-1