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No. 8 seed Emma Raducanu of Great Britain superior to the second spherical of the Korea Open with a 6-3, 6-4 defeat of Romania’s Jaqueline Cristian on Wednesday in Seoul.
In a match that was rained out on Tuesday, Raducanu overcame 3-1 deficits in each units to complete the victory in simply over two hours. Cristian had seven double faults and transformed solely three of her 15 break probabilities.
Up subsequent for Raducanu, who took a last-minute wild card into the WTA 500 event, is Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic.
In different first-round matches, No. 6 Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil posted a 6-4, 6-3 win over South Korea’s Dayeon Back and the Netherlands’ Suzan Lamens eradicated Germany’s Tatjana Maria 6-4, 6-1. No. 5 Diana Shnaider of Russia outlasted Caty McNally 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 and Romania’s Sorana Cirstea beat Russia’s Anastasia Zakharova 6-3, 6-1.
No. 3 seed Clara Tauson of Denmark reached the quarterfinals with a 6-2, 7-6 (4) win towards Germany’s Eva Lys. She will face Australia’s Maya Joint, a 6-3, 6-1 winner towards No. 7 seed Sofia Kenin.
–Field Level Media
