Naomi Osakaplaying in his first match since the US Open, advanced to the second round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo when the australian Daria Saville he retired with a knee injury in the second game of their Tuesday afternoon game. Osaka is the defending champion who won in her hometown in 2019 before the pandemic canceled the tournament for two years.
Osaka, who was leading 1-0 when Saville retired, had lost the opener in her previous three tournaments, including last month’s US Open, although she reached the WTA Premier final in Miami in April.
In other games, the sixth seed, Karolina Pliskovadefeated Bulgarian Isabella Shinikova 6-2 and 6-1, Mexican Fernanda Contreras defeated Australian Open 2020 champion Sofia Kenin, 7-6 (9-7) and 6-4, Brazilian Fifth-seeded Beatriz Haddad Maia defeated Japan’s Yuki Naito 6-4, 6-2, and China’s Zhang Shuai defeated Japanese wild card Mai Hontama 6-0, 6-3.
All matches were played behind closed doors due to Typhoon Nanmadol passing through Tokyo.
Source: La Verdad
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