Tokyo: Top seed Qinwen into last eight, faces Fernandez next
The Chinese player won against Moyuka Uchijima 7-5, 6-0 in the second round on Thursday
Zheng Qinwen (Imago / Panoramic)
China’s Zheng Qinwen, the top seed, advanced to the quarter-finals of the WTA Toray Pan Pacific Open by defeating Japanese Moyuka Uchijima 7-5, 6-0 at the Ariake Coliseum on Thursday.
Qinwen, ranked No 7, will play Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 8 seed, next.
In the previous round of the tournament, Uchijima, ranked No 57, edged out wildcard Mika Stojsavljevic (6-4, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (6)).
Tokyo WTA 500, other second-round matches (Ariake Coliseum, hard, USD 922.573, most recent results first):
- Katie Boulter (9) beat Kyoka Okamura (LL): 6-1, 6-2
- Daria Kasatkina (3) beat McCartney Kessler: 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Sofia Kenin (WC) beat Clara Tauson (LL): 6-7 (8), 6-4, 7-6 (6)
- Bianca Andreescu (WC) beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (2): 3-0 ret.
- Sayaka Ishii (Q) beat Zeynep Sonmez (Q): 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Diana Shnaider (6) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-2, 6-2
- Leylah Fernandez beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-0, 3-6, 7-5
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