Tokyo Open: Qualifier Sonmez upsets seventh seed Frech in first round

The Turkish qualifier will play the winner of the match between lucky loser Sara Saito and qualifier Sayaka Ishii in the next round

Zeynep Sonmez TUR - 2023 US Open - Imago / Panoramic

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October 21, 2024

Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis •Third round • Completed

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Z. SonmezvsM. Frech

Qualifier Zeynep Sonmez moved into the second round of the Tokyo Open by defeating Pole Magdalena Frech, the No 7 seed, 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 at the Ariake Coliseum on Monday.

Sonmez, ranked No 148, will face the winner of the match between lucky loser Sara Saito and qualifier Sayaka Ishii next.

✅ Comeback win
✅ Top-25 win
✅ Into the #TorayPPO2024 last 16

Turkish qualifier Zeynep Sonmez gets the better of No.7 seed Frech in Tokyo! pic.twitter.com/R02ii1ke77
— wta (@WTA) October 21, 2024

Tokyo WTA 500, other first-round matches (Ariake Coliseum, hard, USD 922,573):

Varvara Gracheva beat Mai Hontama (Q): 6-1, 7-6 (4)
Viktoriya Tomova beat Veronika Kudermetova: 7-6 (3), 6-3
Kyoka Okamura vs. Hailey Baptiste
Katie Boulter vs. Priscilla Hon
Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. McCartney Kessler
Nao Hibino vs. Clara Tauson
Xinyu Wang vs. Sofia Kenin
Sara Saito vs. Sayaka Ishii
Mika Stojsavljevic vs. Moyuka Uchijima
Bianca Andreescu vs. Mei Yamaguchi
Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Leylah Fernandez

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Tokyo Open: Qualifier Sonmez upsets seventh seed Frech in first round

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