Tokyo: Kessler advances to second round to face Kasatkina
The American won against Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-3, 6-3 in the first round on Tuesday
Mccartney Kessler, Beijing 2024
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American McCartney Kessler advanced to the second round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open by winning against Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-3, 6-3 at the Ariake Coliseum on Tuesday.
Kessler, ranked No 73, will face No 3 seed Daria Kasatkina next.
Tokyo WTA 500, other first-round matches (Ariake Coliseum, hard, USD 922,573):
- Sofia Kenin (WC) beat Xinyu Wang (10): 6-1, 6-4
- Bianca Andreescu (WC) beat Mei Yamaguchi (Q): 7-5, 6-3
- Leylah Fernandez (8) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich (LL): 5-7, 6-2, 5-2 ret.
- 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
- 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
