French player Varvara Gracheva defeated Japanese qualifier Mai Hontama 6-1, 7-6 (4) to advance to the second round of the Tokyo Open at the Ariake Coliseum. Gracheva, ranked No. 68, will face the winner of the match between Belarusian lucky loser Aliaksandra Sasnovich and Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No. 8 seed, in the next round.
Tokyo WTA 500, other first-round matches at the Ariake Coliseum on hard court with a prize fund of USD 922,573 included:
– Viktoriya Tomova beat Veronika Kudermetova 7-6 (3), 6-3
– Kyoka Okamura vs. Hailey Baptiste
– Katie Boulter vs. Priscilla Hon
– Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. McCartney Kessler
– Nao Hibino vs. Clara Tauson
– Xinyu Wang vs. Sofia Kenin
– Sara Saito vs. Sayaka Ishii
– Mika Stojsavljevic vs. Moyuka Uchijima
– Bianca Andreescu vs. Mei Yamaguchi
– Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Leylah Fernandez
– Zeynep Sonmez vs. Magdalena Frech
