Tokyo Open: Tomova beats defending champ Kudermetova in first round
The Bulgarian will face No 6 seed Diana Shnaider in the next round
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Bulgaria’s Viktoriya Tomova won against defending champion Veronika Kudermetova, of Russia, 7-6 (3), 6-3 to move into the second round of the Tokyo Open at the Ariake Coliseum on Monday.
The Bulgarian avenged a recent loss to Kudermetova in the Seoul quarter-finals and improved to 2-1 lifetime against the Russian with this win.
Tomova, ranked No 49, will face No 6 seed Diana Shnaider next. Shnaider has won their only previous meeting on the tour in straight sets.
Tokyo WTA 500, other first-round matches (Ariake Coliseum, hard, USD 922,573):
- 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
- Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Leylah Fernandez
- Zeynep Sonmez vs. Magdalena Frech
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Mai Hontama
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