Tokyo: 19-year-old Ishii through to maiden WTA Tour quarter-final

Japanese qualifier Sayaka Ishii beat qualifier Zeynep Sonmez 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 to move into the quarter-finals of the WTA Toray Pan Pacific Open at the Ariake Coliseum on Wednesday.

Ishii, ranked No 279 in the world, is through to her first WTA Tour quarter-final and will face Russian Diana Shnaider, the No 6 seed, next.

Ahead of her win today, the 19-year-old Japanese won against lucky loser Sara Saito (6-1, 6-1). That marked the first WTA Tour main draw win of her career.

Sonmez, ranked No 148, defeated Pole Magdalena Frech, the No 7 seed (1-6, 6-4, 6-3) in the previous round of the tournament.

Tokyo WTA 500, other second-round matches (Ariake Coliseum, hard, USD 922,573):

• Diana Shnaider beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-2, 6-2
• Leylah Fernandez (8) beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-0, 3-6, 7-5
• Katie Boulter vs. Kyoka Okamura
• McCartney Kessler vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Sofia Kenin vs. Clara Tauson
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia

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