SEOUL, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- No. 5-seeded Alisa Kleybanova swept to a first-round victory Monday at the WTA's Korea Open in Seoul.
Kleybanova topped Kai-Chen Chang 6-2, 6-3 behind six service breaks. Kleybanova won nearly two-thirds of the points in Chang's service games. She had to overcome serve issues of her own, dropping serve three times and making four double faults.