Ostapenko the Favorite at WTA Seoul Korea Open; Preview

Reigning French Open champion and No. 10 Jelena Ostapenko is the lone Top 25 player and the favorite at the KEB Hana Bank Incheon Airport Korea Open in Seoul.
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KEB HANA BANK INCHEON AIRPORT KOREA OPEN
Seoul, Korea; surface: hard

Seeds: Jelena Ostapenko, Kiki Bertens, Kristyna Pliskova, Sorana Cirstea, Irina-Camelia Begu, Tatjana Maria, Lara Arruabarrena, Christina McHale

Floaters: Andrea Petkovic

Notes:

Not a deep field, but (2) Bertens could face the veteran Petkovic second round…

Wildcards went to Korea’s Su Jeong Jang, Na-La Han, and the Ukraine’s Katarina Zavatska…

In last year’s final the Spaniard Arruabarrena beat Monica Niculescu 6-0, 2-6, 6-0…

Arruabarrena (2016) and Begu (2015) are former champions in the field.

 

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