SEOUL (AFP) – Romanian top seed Irina-Camelia Begu scored a comfortable victory over Ukrainian qualifier Kateryna Kozlova in the first round of the WTA Korea Open on Tuesday.Begu, ranked 29th in the world, beat Kozlova in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 to set up a second-round meeting with Polona Hercog of Slovenia.American third seed Sloane Stephens, ranked 32nd in the world, had little trouble against South Korean wildcard Han Na-Lae 6-1, 6-1.Two other Americans also advanced to the second round, with fourth seed Varvara Lepchenko pushing aside Spains Paula Badosa 6-2, 6-3. Christina McHale led the first set 6-4 but was …read more
Source: Dunya TV
