Osaka Open: Ito downs Kenin in first round
Aoi Ito edged out Sofia Kenin in a three-setter on Monday. She’ll play the winner of the match between French Jessika Ponchet and Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto next
Sofia Kenin, Australian Open 2023 – © AI / Reuters / Panoramic
Japanese qualifier Aoi Ito moved into the second round of the Osaka Open by edging out American wildcard Sofia Kenin 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 at the Utsubo Tennis Center on Monday.
Ito, ranked No 188, will face the winner of the match between French lucky loser Jessika Ponchet and Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto, the No 8 seed, next.
Osaka WTA 250, other first-round results (Utsubo Tennis Center, hard, USD 267.080, most recent results first):
- Kimberly Birrell vs. Saisai Zheng
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Sara Saito
- Elise Mertens vs. Mai Hontama
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Diane Parry vs. Erika Andreeva
- Moyuka Uchijima vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Ana Bogdan vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Laura Siegemund vs. Harriet Dart
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Greet Minnen
- Eva Lys vs. Camila Osorio
- Jessika Ponchet vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- 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
