Tokyo: Tomova falls to Shnaider in second round
The Russian will face the winner of the match between Japanese qualifier Sayaka Ishii and qualifier Zeynep Sonmez in the next round
Viktoriya Tomova 2024 Zuma / Panoramic
Russian Diana Shnaider, the No 6 seed, beat Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova 6-2, 6-2 to move into the quarter-finals of the WTA Toray Pan Pacific Open at the Ariake Coliseum on Wednesday.
Shnaider, ranked No 16, will play the winner of the match between Japanese qualifier Sayaka Ishii and qualifier Zeynep Sonmez next.
In the previous round of the tournament, Tomova, ranked No 49, won against Russian Veronika Kudermetova (7-6 (3), 6-3).
Tokyo WTA 500, other second-round matches (Ariake Coliseum, hard, USD 922,573):
- Leylah Fernandez (8) beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-0, 3-6, 7-5
- Katie Boulter vs. Kyoka Okamura
- McCartney Kessler vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Sofia Kenin vs. Clara Tauson
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Moyuka Uchijima
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Sayaka Ishii vs. Zeynep Sonmez
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