Tokyo: Uchijima sets up clash against top seed Qinwen

Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima reached the second round of the WTA Toray Pan Pacific Open by edging out wildcard Mika Stojsavljevic 6-4, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (6) at the Ariake Coliseum on Tuesday.

Uchijima, ranked No 57, will face top seed Zheng Qinwen 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
• Kyoka Okamura (LL) beat Hailey Baptiste (Q): 7-6 (4), 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

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