Seoul: Ostapenko survives wild card Jeong in 3rd-set tiebreak
No.1 seed Jelena Ostapenko, the 2017 Hana Bank Korea Open champion, needed a third-set tiebreak to defeat 19-year-old wild card Jeong Boyoung and open her 2022 campaign. No.688-ranked Jeong had never previously faced a Top 200 opponent and was making her WTA main draw debut.