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Top seeds superior to the second spherical of the Korea Open in Seoul on Tuesday.
No. 1 Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia knocked out Anastasia Zakharova of Russia, 6-4, 6-1, and No. 2 Kimberly Birrell of Australia defeated Slovenia’s Tamara Zidansek 7-6 (2), 6-4.
Elena-Gabriela Ruse of Romania, the No. 4 seed, ousted Eva Lys of Germany 6-1, 6-2. No. 6 Anna Bondar of Hungary got here from a set again earlier than defeating Renata Zarazua of Mexico 2-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Yeon Woo Ku and Sohyun Park each received to achieve the second spherical, following Back Dayeon on Monday. The three gamers — all wild-card entrants — turned the primary trio of South Koreans to achieve the second spherical of the identical WTA match for the primary time since 1984 in Rio de Janeiro.
Singapore Tennis Open
No. 8 seed Donna Vekic of Croatia was upset bv China’s Xinyu Wang 6-1, 6-2 in Singapore, one in every of two seeds out of the match.
No. 2 Amanda Anisimova was pressured to withdraw attributable to an harm to her left wrist.
Anisimova, nonetheless looking for her first match title of 2026, was scheduled to fulfill Talia Gibson of Australia within the second spherical. The American had acquired a bye straight into the second spherical. Lucky loser Viktoria Morvayova of Slovakia will step into Anisimova’s spot to face Gibson.
No. 7 Maria Sakkari of Greece had a fast match, knocking off Czech Linda Fruhvirtova 6-4, 6-1.
In different first-round motion on Tuesday, Alycia Parks topped fortunate loser Mei Yamaguchi of Japan 6-4, 6-3. Russian Tatiana Prozorova moved on with a 5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-2 victory over Sofia Costoulas of Belgium, and Oleksandra Oliynykova of Ukraine defeated Vivian Wolff 6-1, 7-6 (5).
–Field Level Media