Tokyo Open: Qualifier Sonmez upsets seventh seed Frech in first round
The Turkish qualifier will play the winner of the match between lucky loser Sara Saito and qualifier Sayaka Ishii in the next round
Zeynep Sonmez – Imago / Panoramic
Qualifier Zeynep Sonmez moved into the second round of the Tokyo Open by defeating Pole Magdalena Frech, the No 7 seed, 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 at the Ariake Coliseum on Monday.
Sonmez, ranked No 148, will face the winner of the match between lucky loser Sara Saito and qualifier Sayaka Ishii next.
Tokyo WTA 500, other first-round matches (Ariake Coliseum, hard, USD 922,573):
- Varvara Gracheva beat Mai Hontama (Q): 6-1, 7-6 (4)
- 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
