Claire Liu knocked out fellow American and No. 7 seed Alison Riske-Amritraj 6-2, 6-3 in Monday’s first-round motion on the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.
The WTA 500 occasion is being held for the primary time since Japan’s Naomi Osaka gained the title in 2019. It was canceled as a result of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021.
Petra Martic of the Czech Republic crushed Japan’s Rina Saigo 6-1, 6-1, Greece’s Despina Papamichail ousted Xiaodi You of China 6-4, 6-2, China’s Zheng Qinwen eradicated Japan’s Misaki Doi 6-2, 6-4 and Belgium’s Elise Mertens was a 6-0, 6-3 winner in opposition to China’s Wang Qiang. China’s Wang Xinyu gained the day’s solely three-set match, outlasting Australia’s Ellen Perez 7-5, 1-6, 6-4.
Hana Bank Korea Open
No. 4 seed and defending champion Zhu Lin of China superior to the second spherical in Seoul with a 6-3, 6-4 victory in opposition to Su Jeong Jang of the Republic of Korea.
Kimberly Birrell defeated fellow Australian Priscilla Hon 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, Switzerland’s Lulu Sun defeated Aussie Lizette Cabrera 7-6 (6), 6-2 and Na-Lae Han eradicated fellow Korean Dayeon Back 6-1, 6-1.
Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia is the WTA 250 event’s No. 1 seed.
–Field Level Media