Tokyo: Lucky loser Okamura beats Baptiste in first round

Japanese lucky loser Kyoka Okamura defeated American qualifier Hailey Baptiste 7-6 (4), 6-3 to advance to the second round of the WTA Toray Pan Pacfici Open at the Ariake Coliseum on Tuesday.

Okamura, ranked No 271, will face the winner of the match between No 9 seed Katie Boulter and Australian qualifier Priscilla Hon next.

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

• Clara Tauson (LL) beat Nao Hibino (WC): 6-2, 6-3
• Sayaka Ishii (Q) beat Sara Saito (LL): 6-1, 6-1
• McCartney Kessler beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-3, 6-3
• Sofia Kenin (WC) beat Xinyu Wang (10): 6-1, 6-4
• Bianca Andreescu (WC) beat Mei Yamaguchi (Q): 7-5, 6-3
• Leylah Fernandez (8) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich (LL): 5-7, 6-2, 5-2 ret.
• Zeynep Sonmez (Q) beat Magdalena Frech (7): 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Varvara Gracheva beat Mai Hontama (Q): 6-1, 7-6 (4)
• Viktoriya Tomova beat Veronika Kudermetova: 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Katie Boulter vs. Priscilla Hon
• Mika Stojsavljevic vs. Moyuka Uchijima

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