Osaka Open: Bouzkova reaches second round

No 4 seed Marie Bouzkova won against Japanese Moyuka Uchijima 7-6 (6), 2-6, 6-3 to move into the second round of the Osaka Open at the Utsubo Tennis Center on Tuesday.

Bouzkova, ranked No 43, will play the winner of the match between Romanian qualifier Ana Bogdan and Russian Veronika Kudermetova next.

Osaka WTA 250, other first-round results (Utsubo Tennis Center, hard, USD 267.080, most recent results first):

• Kimberly Birrell vs. Saisai Zheng
• Elise Mertens vs. Mai Hontama
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Sara Saito
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Ana Bogdan vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Diane Parry vs. Erika Andreeva
• Harriet Dart beat Laura Siegemund (Q): 3-6, 7-5, 7-5
• Greet Minnen beat Bianca Andreescu (WC): 6-3, 6-0
• Eva Lys (LL) beat Camila Osorio: 6-2, 6-3
• Aoi Ito (Q) beat Sofia Kenin (WC): 6-2, 3-6, 7-5
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto (8) beat Jessika Ponchet (LL): 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (3)
• McCartney Kessler beat Ena Shibahara (Q): 6-4, 6-1
• Lucia Bronzetti beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-3, 6-4
• Clara Tauson beat Katie Volynets: 6-1, 6-4
• Suzan Lamens (Q) beat Viktoriya Tomova (6): 6-1, 6-2

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