Tokyo Open: Fernandez through to second round after Sasnovich retirement

Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 8 seed, reached the second round of the Tokyo Open when Belarusian lucky loser Aliaksandra Sasnovich retired on Monday at the Ariake Coliseum.

Fernandez, ranked No 35, led 5-7, 6-2, 5-2 when Sasnovich, ranked No 143, pulled out on Monday at the Ariake Coliseum.

The 22-year-old Canadian will play Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva next.

Tokyo WTA 500, other first-round results (Ariake Coliseum, hard, USD 922.573, most recent results first):

• Katie Boulter vs. Priscilla Hon
• Mika Stojsavljevic vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Nao Hibino vs. Clara Tauson
• Kyoka Okamura vs. Hailey Baptiste
• Sara Saito vs. Sayaka Ishii
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. McCartney Kessler
• Xinyu Wang vs. Sofia Kenin
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Mei Yamaguchi
• 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