Osaka Open: Saito into second round
Sara Saito won against Jessica Bouzas Maneiro on Tuesday and will face the winner of the match between Ashlyn Krueger and Elina Avanesyan next
Japanese wildcard Sara Saito defeated Spaniard Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6-3, 6-2 to reach the second round of the Osaka Open at the Utsubo Tennis Center on Tuesday.
Saito, ranked No 179, will play the winner of the match between American Ashlyn Krueger and Armenian Elina Avanesyan, the No 5 seed, next.
Osaka WTA 250, other first-round results (Utsubo Tennis Center, hard, USD 267.080, most recent results first):
- Kimberly Birrell vs. Saisai Zheng
- Elise Mertens (3) beat Mai Hontama (WC): 6-1, 6-1
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Ana Bogdan (Q) beat Veronika Kudermetova: 6-2, 6-2
- Diane Parry (7) beat Erika Andreeva: 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1
- Marie Bouzkova (4) beat Moyuka Uchijima: 7-6 (6), 2-6, 6-3
- Harriet Dart beat Laura Siegemund (Q): 3-6, 7-5, 7-5
- Greet Minnen beat Bianca Andreescu (WC): 6-3, 6-0
- Eva Lys (LL) beat Camila Osorio: 6-2, 6-3
- Aoi Ito (Q) beat Sofia Kenin (WC): 6-2, 3-6, 7-5
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto (8) beat Jessika Ponchet (LL): 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (3)
- McCartney Kessler beat Ena Shibahara (Q): 6-4, 6-1
- Lucia Bronzetti beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-3, 6-4
- Clara Tauson beat Katie Volynets: 6-1, 6-4
- Suzan Lamens (Q) beat Viktoriya Tomova (6): 6-1, 6-2
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