Thailand Open: Han advances to second round

Na-Lae Han edged out Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 to advance to the second round of the Thailand Open at the True Arena Hua Hin on Tuesday.

Han, ranked No 176, will play Heather Watson next.

Hua Hin WTA 250, other first-round results (True Arena Hua Hin, hard, USD 259.303, most recent results first):

• Dayana Yastremska vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Harriet Dart
• En-Shuo Liang vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Bethanie Mattek-Sands: tuesday
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Anastasia Zakharova: tuesday
• Anna Kalinskaya (4) beat Ekaterina Makarova (Q): 6-1, 6-1
• Heather Watson beat Yulia Putintseva (2): 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (5)
• Tatjana Maria (6) beat Alexandra Eala (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Nao Hibino beat Valeria Savinykh (Q): 6-0, 6-2
• Mirjam Bjorklund beat Lanlana Tararudee (WC): 6-2, 6-4
• Tamara Zidansek beat Astra Sharma (Q): 6-2, 6-3
• Lin Zhu beat Xiyu Wang (3): 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
• Xinyu Wang (7) beat Joanne Zuger (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Su Jeong Jang beat Katie Boulter: 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
• Lesia Tsurenko beat Ysaline Bonaventure: 6-3, 4-6, 6-4