Tokyo Open: Gracheva through to second round
The Frenchwoman will meet Belarusian lucky loser Aliaksandra Sasnovich or Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 8 seed, in the next round
Varvara Gracheva, Beijing 2024
Image Credit: Imago / Panoramic
Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva won against Japanese qualifier Mai Hontama 6-1, 7-6 (4) to reach the second round of the Tokyo Open at the Ariake Coliseum on Monday.
Gracheva, ranked No 68, will play the winner of the match between Belarusian lucky loser Aliaksandra Sasnovich and Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 8 seed, next.
Tokyo WTA 500, other first-round matches (Ariake Coliseum, hard, USD 922,573):
- 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
- Zeynep Sonmez vs. Magdalena Frech
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