Tokyo Open: Tomova beats defending champ Kudermetova in first round

Bulgaria’s Viktoriya Tomova won against defending champion Veronika Kudermetova, of Russia, 7-6 (3), 6-3 to move into the second round of the Tokyo Open at the Ariake Coliseum on Monday.

The Bulgarian avenged a recent loss to Kudermetova in the Seoul quarter-finals and improved to 2-1 lifetime against the Russian with this win.

Tomova, ranked No 49, will face No 6 seed Diana Shnaider next. Shnaider has won their only previous meeting on the tour in straight sets.

Tokyo WTA 500, other first-round matches (Ariake Coliseum, hard, USD 922,573):

• 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
• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Zeynep Sonmez vs. Magdalena Frech
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Mai Hontama

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