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Japan’s Mai Hontama upset fifth-seedes Nadia Podoroska of Argentina 6-3, 6-3 within the Round of 16 on Wednesday on the Japan Open in Osaka.
Hontama received 80 p.c (24 of 30) of her first-serve factors, in comparison with 68 p.c (24 of 42) for Podoroska within the match lasting 1 hour, 27 minutes.
Third-seeded Xinyu Wang of China transformed 4 of eight break factors in defeating Jil Teichmann of Switzerland 7-6 (3), 6-3 in 2 hours within the Round of 32.
Other winners within the Round of 16, all in straight units, have been American Ashlyn Krueger, Russian Anna Kalinskaya and sixth seed Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan.
–Field Level Media