WTA roundup: No. 5 seed Marta Kostyuk rolls in Seoul

Field Level Media|published: Mon 16th September, 11:22 2024

Aug 30, 2024; Flushing, NY, USA; Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine in action against Emma Navarro of the United States on day five of the 2024 U.S. Open tennis tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Mike Frey-Imagn Images

No. 5 seed Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine opened the Korea Open with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands on Monday in Seoul.

Kostyuk overcame 10 double faults by converting six of 14 break points in the 78-minute victory. Her second-round opponent in the WTA 500 event will be Britain's Heather Watson, a 6-4, 6-4 winner of China's Jia-Jing Lu.

Seventh seed Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia held off Varvara Lepchenko 7-5, 3-6, 6-0 and No. 8 Yue Yuan of China rallied past Romania's Elena-Gabriela Ruse 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. Also advancing were Canada's Carol Zhao and Russia's Veronika Kudermetova.

Thailand Open

No. 2 seed Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic defeated Australia's Arina Rodionova 7-5, 6-1 in first-round action in Hua Hin, Thailand.

Siniakova converted five of six break opportunities and overcame a 4-3 deficit in the opening set to set up a second-round clash with either Nadia Podoroska of Argentina or Ksenia Laskutova of Russia.

No. 5 seed Xiyu Wang defeated Switzerland's Viktorija Golubic 7-5, 6-1 and No. 6 Katie Volynets outlasted Denmark's Clara Tauson 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-3. Eighth-seeded Varvara Gracheva of France cruised 6-1, 6-4 win over Taylah Preston of Australia. Slovenia's Tamara Zidansek, Germany's Laura Siegemund and Thailand's Lanlana Tararudee also advanced.

--Field Level Media