Slovak Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, the No 8 seed, moved into the second round of the Thailand Open by winning against Japanese qualifier Mai Hontama 7-6 (5), 7-6 (8) at the True Arena Hua Hin.

Schmiedlova, ranked No 79, will play the winner of the match between Russian qualifier Alina Korneeva and Chinese Yafan Wang next.

Hua Hin WTA 250, other first-round results (True Arena Hua Hin, hard, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Alina Korneeva vs. Yafan Wang
• Thasaporn Naklo vs. Yulia Putintseva: tuesday
• Lin Zhu (2) beat Taylah Preston (Q): 6-4, 7-5
• Zhuoxuan Bai beat Chloe Paquet (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Linda Fruhvirtova beat Anastasia Tikhonova (LL): 6-3, 6-1
• Arina Rodionova beat Yue Yuan (6): 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-3
• Tatjana Maria (4) beat Arianne Hartono (Q): 6-3, 6-1
• Katie Volynets beat Tamara Zidansek: 6-2, 6-2
• Paula Badosa beat Lanlana Tararudee (WC): 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
• Viktorija Golubic beat Laura Pigossi: 6-1, 6-2
• Xinyu Wang (3) beat Emina Bektas: 5-2 ret.
• Diana Shnaider beat Magda Linette (1): 6-4, 1-6, 6-1
• Dalma Galfi (Q) beat Ajla Tomljanovic (WC): 6-3, 6-0
• Nao Hibino beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 7-6 (4), 6-0
• Xiyu Wang (5) beat Qiang Wang: 6-1, 6-1