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yThailand Open: Hibino books spot in second round
Nao Hibino defeated Valeria Savinykh 6-0, 6-2 on Tuesday. She’ll play the winner of the match between qualifier En-Shuo Liang and Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, the No 5 seed, in the next 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
