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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.

World No. 25 Maja Chwalinska advanced through the Singapore hard-court draw with a 6-0, 6-1 win over No. 47 Oleksandra Oliynykova in Round 2, extending her strong record on hard courts while exposing Oliynykova’s recent struggles against higher-ranked opposition.

World No. 33 Maria Sakkari converted the ranking advantage against No. 177 Linda Fruhvirtova on Singapore’s hard court, winning 6/4, 6/1 in 1 hour 25 minutes to reach the second round and strengthen her recent hard-court form.

Barbora Krejčíková, ranked 44th, survived a three-set hard-court test against world No. 266 Anna-Lena Friedsam in Singapore. The Czech player extended a strong recent hard-court run, while Friedsam again pushed a significantly higher-ranked opponent deep into the match.

Ranked 47th, Oleksandra Oliynykova controlled the hard-court opener against world No. 240 Vivian Wolff, winning 6-1, 7-6(1) in 1 hour 40 minutes to advance while underlining the gap in recent high-level consistency.

Elena-Gabriela Ruse, ranked 66th, advanced past 100th-ranked Eva Lys in the Korea Open first round on hard court, winning 6-1, 6-2 in 68 minutes and extending a recent pattern of strong performances against higher-ranked opponents.