Kimberly Birrell, ranked 60th, overcame 175th-ranked Yexin Ma 7-5, 6-3 on hard court in Seoul after 1 hour 42 minutes, reversing their July result and advancing on the strength of a two-match tournament winning streak.
World No. 31 Leylah Fernandez overcame No. 70 Alycia Parks 6-4, 6-3 on the hard courts in Singapore, extending her recent surface form while reversing their clay-court result from May.
Ranked 31st, Leylah Fernandez defeated 70th-ranked Alycia Parks 6/4, 6/3 on hard court in 1h30min, reversing their clay-court result from May and advancing to the Singapore Round of 16.
Valentin Royer, ranked 104th, defeated 99th-ranked Adam Walton in straight sets, while Kyrian Jacquet, ranked 107th, overcame 91st-ranked Aleksandar Vukic in a three-set Round 1 battle at the 2026 Hangzhou Open.
World No. 5 Mirra Andreeva advanced through the Singapore hard-court draw with a 6-2, 6-2 win over No. 132 Aliaksandra Sasnovich, extending her strong recent record on the surface while ending Sasnovich’s run at the Round 2 stage.
World No. 82 Alina Korneeva overcame fellow Russian Darya Astakhova, ranked No. 203, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 on hard court in the Korea Open second round after a 2h14min contest that tested both players’ recent form and endurance.
World No. 5 Mirra Andreeva advanced on the hard court at the Singapore Tennis Open, defeating No. 132 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-2, 6-2 in 72 minutes to extend her strong recent record against lower-ranked opposition.
Ranked 82nd, Alina Korneeva overcame No. 203 Darya Astakhova 6/2, 3/6, 6/1 on hard court in Seoul after 2 hours and 14 minutes, extending her strong recent record against ranked opponents and ending Astakhova’s four-match winning run.
Jenson Brooksby, ranked 77, defeated No. 51 Sebastian Baez 7-5, 7-5 in Round 1 at Chengdu, while No. 71 Vit Kopriva beat Jia Hu 6-4, 7-5. Both matches lasted under two hours on the hard court.
Maya Joint, ranked 99th, advanced past South Korea’s Dayeon Back, ranked 272nd, with a 6-2, 6-1 hard-court victory in 63 minutes. The result extended Joint’s strong recent record against higher-ranked opponents and ended Back’s Seoul run in Round 2.