Osaka Open: Dart into second round
Harriet Dart edged out Laura Siegemund on Tuesday and will play Dane Clara Tauson in the next round
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Harriet Dart reached the second round of the Osaka Open by edging out German qualifier Laura Siegemund 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 at the Utsubo Tennis Center on Tuesday.
Dart, ranked No 81, will face Dane Clara Tauson next.
Osaka WTA 250, other first-round results (Utsubo Tennis Center, hard, USD 267.080, most recent results first):
- Kimberly Birrell vs. Saisai Zheng
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Sara Saito
- Elise Mertens vs. Mai Hontama
- Ana Bogdan vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Diane Parry vs. Erika Andreeva
- Moyuka Uchijima vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Greet Minnen beat Bianca Andreescu (WC): 6-3, 6-0
- Eva Lys (LL) beat Camila Osorio: 6-2, 6-3
- Aoi Ito (Q) beat Sofia Kenin (WC): 6-2, 3-6, 7-5
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto (8) beat Jessika Ponchet (LL): 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (3)
- McCartney Kessler beat Ena Shibahara (Q): 6-4, 6-1
- Lucia Bronzetti beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-3, 6-4
- Clara Tauson beat Katie Volynets: 6-1, 6-4
- Suzan Lamens (Q) beat Viktoriya Tomova (6): 6-1, 6-2
