Thailand Open: Hibino books spot in second round

Japanese Nao Hibino moved into the second round of the Thailand Open by winning against Russian qualifier Valeria Savinykh 6-0, 6-2 at the True Arena Hua Hin on Tuesday.

Hibino, ranked No 139, will face the winner of the match between qualifier En-Shuo Liang and Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, the No 5 seed, next.

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

• Bianca Andreescu vs. Harriet Dart
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• En-Shuo Liang vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Anastasia Zakharova
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse vs. Na-Lae Han
• Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Bethanie Mattek-Sands
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Ekaterina Makarova
• Heather Watson vs. Yulia Putintseva: tuesday
• Alexandra Eala vs. Tatjana Maria: tuesday
• 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