Tokyo: Tauson moves into second round to face Kenin
The Dane beat Nao Hibino 6-2, 6-3 in the first round on Tuesday
Clara Tauson © Gepa / Panoramic
Danish lucky loser Clara Tauson won against Japanese wildcard Nao Hibino 6-2, 6-3 to reach the second round of the WTA Toray Pan Pacific Open at the Ariake Coliseum on Tuesday.
Tauson is coming off a quarter-final run in Osaka and a runner-up finish at the WTA125 Hong Kong Open.
Tauson, ranked No 53, will face American wildcard Sofia Kenin next.
Tokyo WTA 500, other first-round matches (Ariake Coliseum, hard, USD 922,573):
- Sayaka Ishii (Q) beat Sara Saito (LL): 6-1, 6-1
- McCartney Kessler beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-3, 6-3
- Sofia Kenin 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 (Q) 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
- Kyoka Okamura vs. Hailey Baptiste
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