Japan Open: Lucky loser Lys advances to last eight
The German will play the winner of the match between Japanese qualifier Aoi Ito and Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto, the No 8 seed, in the quarter-finals
Eva Lys, Transylvania Open 2023 (Imago, Panoramic)
German lucky loser Eva Lys advanced to the quarter-finals of the Japan Open by edging out American McCartney Kessler 7-6 (7), 3-6, 7-5 at the Utsubo Tennis Center on Wednesday.
Lys came from a break down twice in the final set to beat Kessler and reach the last eight.
Lys, ranked No 118, will play the winner of the match between Japanese qualifier Aoi Ito and Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto, the No 8 seed, next.
In the previous round of the tournament, the 22-year-old German beat Colombian Camila Osorio (6-2, 6-3).
Kessler, ranked No 76, won against Japanese qualifier Ena Shibahara (6-4, 6-1) earlier in the week.
Osaka WTA 250, other second-round matches (Utsubo Tennis Center, hard, USD 267.080, most recent results first):
- Suzan Lamens (Q) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-3, 6-4
- Diane Parry vs. Greet Minnen
- Ana Bogdan vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Sara Saito vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Elise Mertens vs. Kimberly Birrell
- Aoi Ito vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Harriet Dart vs. Clara Tauson
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