Tokyo Open: Fernandez through to second round after Sasnovich retirement
Leylah Fernandez benefited from the abandonment of Aliaksandra Sasnovich (5-7, 6-2, 5-2) on Monday night. She’ll face Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva in the next round
Leylah Fernandez (Imago/Panoramic)
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
