WTA Toronto: Uchijima books spot in second round against Samsonova
Moyuka Uchijima beat Viktoriya Tomova 7-6 (4), 6-2 on Tuesday evening. She’ll face No 6 seed Liudmila Samsonova in the next round
Moyuka Uchijima (Imago/Panoramic)
Japanese qualifier Moyuka Uchijima reached the second round of the WTA National Bank Open in Toronto by defeating Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova 7-6 (4), 6-2 at the Aviva Centre on Tuesday.
Uchijima, ranked No 63, will play No 6 seed Liudmila Samsonova next.
Toronto WTA 1000, other first-round results (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 3.211.715, most recent results first):
- Greet Minnen vs. Sloane Stephens
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Yue Yuan
- Bernarda Pera vs. Katie Boulter
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Amanda Anisimova
- Paula Badosa vs. Clara Tauson
- Erika Andreeva vs. Marina Stakusic
- Magda Linette vs. Rebecca Marino
- Anna Blinkova vs. Peyton Stearns
- Shuai Zhang vs. Leylah Fernandez
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Elise Mertens vs. Katie Volynets
- Ons Jabeur vs. Naomi Osaka
- Harriet Dart vs. Diana Shnaider
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Lesia Tsurenko
- Louisa Chirico vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Taylor Townsend
- Nadia Podoroska vs. Karolina Pliskova
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: tuesday
- Yafan Wang vs. Sofia Kenin: tuesday
- Elina Svitolina beat Shelby Rogers: 6-0, 6-2
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Magdalena Frech: tuesday
- Marta Kostyuk (11) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-0, 6-2
