Qualifier Fernanda Contreras Gomez of Mexico received her first-ever main-draw match in a WTA event, ousting American Sofia Kenin 7-6 (7), 6-4 within the first spherical of the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Defending champion Naomi Osaka moved on to the second spherical after enjoying only one sport. She was up 1-0, 30-30 when Daria Saville of Australia was compelled to retire when she sustained a knee damage after leaping to hit a forehand shot. Osaka received her home-country event in 2019, and it hasn’t been performed since due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Osaka will meet No. 5 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil, who defeated wild card Yuki Naito of Japan 6-4, 6-2, an opponent enjoying in her second WTA main-draw match. Also shifting on have been No. 6 Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic and Shuai Zhang of China.
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Top seed Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia wanted three units and a tiebreaker to defeat home-country favourite Boyoung Jeong, ranked No. 688 on this planet, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2) in Seoul.
Ostapenko had an opportunity to serve for the match at 5-4 within the third set, however Jeong held her to like to tie the match at 5 video games every. Both gamers held serve of their subsequent video games to ship the first-round match to a tiebreaker.
No. 2 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia additionally wanted three units to maneuver on, defeating American Asia Muhammad 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 in a single hour, 34 minutes. Another Russian, Anastasia Gasanova, topped Australian Astra Sharma in straight units.
Tatjana Maria of Germany superior with a straight-sets win over Eugenie Bouchard of Canada, whereas Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva of Andorra ousted Chloe Paquet of France.
–Field Level Media