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Sixth-seeded Daria Kasatkina overcame a first-set misstep to file a 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 win towards Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk on Tuesday within the first spherical of the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.
Kasatkina’s Russian compatriot Veronika Kudermetova, the event’s eighth seed, had a neater time of it in her first-round match. She posted a 6-3, 7-6 (4) win over England’s Harriet Dart.
Also reaching the second spherical have been Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic, Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Greece’s Despina Papamichail and Japan’s Misaki Doi.
Ningbo Open
No. 1 seed Ons Jabeur of Tunisia overcame a stern check from Frenchwoman Diane Parry earlier than securing a 7-6 (3), 7-5 win in a first-round match in Ningbo, China.
Jabeur dispatched Parry in two hours, 16 minutes to advance to face German Tamara Korpatsch, who defeated British qualifier Jodie Burrage, 6-2, 7-6 (1).
While No. 3 Sorana Cirstea of Romania posted a 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 win over Claire Liu, fifth-seeded Varvara Gracheva of France and sixth-seeded Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands weren’t as lucky. Valeria Savinykh seized a 7-5, 7-5 win over Gracheva and fellow Russian Kamilla Rakhimova notched a 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 victory over Rus.
–Field Level Media