Japanese Nao Hibino won against Russian Kamilla Rakhimova 7-6 (4), 6-0 to move into the second round of the Thailand Open at the True Arena Hua Hin on Monday.

Hibino, ranked No 94, will face the winner of the match between Chinese Xinyu Wang, the No 3 seed, and American Emina Bektas next.

Hua Hin WTA 250, other first-round matches (True Arena Hua Hin, hard, USD 267,082):

• Dalma Galfi (Q) beat Ajla Tomljanovic (WC): 6-3, 6-0
• Xiyu Wang (5) beat Qiang Wang: 6-1, 6-1
• Taylah Preston vs. Lin Zhu
• Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Claire Liu
• Zhuoxuan Bai vs. Chloe Paquet
• Yue Yuan vs. Arina Rodionova
• Arianne Hartono vs. Tatjana Maria
• Tamara Zidansek vs. Katie Volynets
• Alina Korneeva vs. Yafan Wang
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Mai Hontama
• Thasaporn Naklo vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Lanlana Tararudee vs. Paula Badosa
• Laura Pigossi vs. Viktorija Golubic
• Xinyu Wang vs. Emina Bektas
• Magda Linette vs. Diana Shnaider