Belgian Greet Minnen advanced to the second round of the Osaka Open after defeating Canadian wildcard Bianca Andreescu with a score of 6-3, 6-0 at the Utsubo Tennis Center on Tuesday night.
Minnen, currently ranked No. 95, is set to face the winner of the match between French player Diane Parry, the No. 7 seed, and Russian player Erika Andreeva in the next round.
Results from other first-round matches at the Osaka WTA 250 tournament (played at the Utsubo Tennis Center on hard court, with a total prize money of USD 267,080) are as follows:
- Kimberly Birrell vs. Saisai Zheng
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Sara Saito
- Elise Mertens vs. Mai Hontama
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Diane Parry vs. Erika Andreeva
- Ana Bogdan vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Moyuka Uchijima vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Laura Siegemund vs. Harriet Dart: Tuesday
- Eva Lys vs. Camila Osorio: Tuesday
- Aoi Ito (Q) defeated Sofia Kenin (WC) with a score of 6-2, 3-6, 7-5
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto (8) defeated Jessika Ponchet (LL) with a score of 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (3)
- McCartney Kessler defeated Ena Shibahara (Q) with a score of 6-4, 6-1
- Lucia Bronzetti defeated Cristina Bucsa with a score of 6-3, 6-4
- Clara Tauson defeated Katie Volynets with a score of 6-1, 6-4
- Suzan Lamens (Q) defeated Viktoriya Tomova (6) with a score of 6-1, 6-2
