Tokyo: Ishii books spot in second round
The qualifier defeated Sara Saito 6-1, 6-1 in the first round on Tuesday
Sayaka Ishii, Roland-Garros 2023
Image Credit: Michael Baucher / Panoramic
Qualifier Sayaka Ishii defeated lucky loser Sara Saito 6-1, 6-1 to advance to the second round of the WTA Toray Pan Pacific Open at the Ariake Coliseum on Tuesday.
This was the 19-year-old Japanese player’s first career WTA main draw win. She came through the qualifying draw, beating top qualifying seed Clara Tauson on her way.
Ishii, ranked No 279, will face qualifier Zeynep Sonmez next.
Tokyo WTA 500, other first-round matches (Ariake Coliseum, hard, USD 922,573):
- McCartney Kessler beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-3, 6-3
- Sofia Kenin (WC) beat Xinyu Wang (10): 6-1, 6-4
- Bianca Andreescu (WC) beat Mei Yamaguchi (Q): 7-5, 6-3
- Leylah Fernandez (8) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich (LL): 5-7, 6-2, 5-2 ret.
- Zeynep Sonmez beat Magdalena Frech (7): 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Varvara Gracheva beat Mai Hontama (Q): 6-1, 7-6 (4)
- Viktoriya Tomova beat Veronika Kudermetova: 7-6 (3), 6-3
- Katie Boulter vs. Priscilla Hon
- Mika Stojsavljevic vs. Moyuka Uchijima
- Nao Hibino vs. Clara Tauson
- Kyoka Okamura vs. Hailey Baptiste
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