Between September 19 and September 25 Tokyo (Japan) will have its tournament in the women’s circuit. The WTA Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis is category 500 and is played on hard courts.
tournament draw
Tennis returns to Japan and does it in Tokyo. After three years in the dry dock due to the pandemic, the women’s circuit will once again have a dream tournament. The maximum favorite by ranking and first seeded is the Spanish Paula Badosa, despite the fact that she is not going through a good moment and is that she has not just found regularity this season. The other Spaniard present in the draw is Garbiñe Muguruza who will try to continue with the good feelings she found at the US Open in which she once again enjoyed her tennis.
The current champion is a local player, Naomi Osaka. The Japanese isn’t having a good time either and she’s not getting good results. Tokyo could be a turning point again in Osaka’s career to regain that confidence that she needs in her tennis. In addition, there will be other important names such as Garcia, who reaches a high level and is running as the favorite to fight for the trophy. Pliskova, Rybakina, Haddad Maia or Kudermetova are other interesting names in the Japanese tournament. A new edition of a tournament that has always had interesting championships and wants to continue with the same dynamic in 2022.
Results WTA 500 Tokyo
Results 18 September
Preliminary phase (last round)
Perez – Lao (7-5, 6-2)
Papamichail – Sakatsume (6-2, 6-4)
Contreras Gomez – Okamura (6-2, 2-6, 6-2)
Shinikova – Nara (0-6, 7-5, 6-0)
You – Zhao (6-1, 7-5)
Saigo – Muramatse (2-6, 6-3, 6-0)
Results 17 September
Preliminary phase (first round)
Perez – Ishii (6-3, 6-3)
Lao – Hozumi (6-4, 6-3)
Sakatsume – Matsuda (6-4, 6-2)
Papamichail – Sema (6-4, 4-6, 6-4)
Shinikova – Krawczyk (7-6 (4), 7-5)
Nara – Melichar (6-0, 6-3)
Contreras Gomez – Hanatani (6-3, 6-7(3), 6-1)
Okamura – Shibahara (6-1, 7-5)
Muramatsu – Kawa (2-6, 7-5, 6-4)
Saigo – Chang (6-4, 6-0)
Zhao – Olmos (6-4, 6-2)
You – Arakawa (3-6, 6-1, 6-0)
