Bianca Andreescu was knocked out at the start of the WTA 250 Japan Open
Greet Minnen (Belgium) eliminated the 2019 champion Bianca Andreescu (Canada) and advanced to the second round of the WTA 250 Japan Women’s Open hard court tennis tournament with a prize fund of 267,080 USD.
Greet Minnen won won the match versus her Canadian opponent by 2-0 (6:3, 6:0) in just 62 minutes.
The next opponent of the Belgian will be seventh-seeded Diane Parry (France), who achieved success over Erika Andreeva (Russia) by 2-1 (4:6, 7:6(4), 6:1).
Two more of the seeds move on. The fourth-seeded Marie Bouzkova (Czech Republic) defeated Moyuka Uchijima (Japan) by 2-1 (7:6(6), 2:6, 6:3), and fifth-seeded Elina Avanesyan (Armenia) eliminated Ashlyn Krueger (USA) by 2-0 (7:6(1), 6:3).
In other matches of the tournament Eva Lys (Germany) achieved success over Camila Osorio (Colombia) with 2-0 (6:2, 6:3), Harriet Dart (Great Britain) won against Laura Siegemund (Germany) by 2-1 (3:6, 7:5, 7:5) after three hours on the court, and Ana Bogdan (Romania) eliminated Veronika Kudermetova (Russia) after 2-0 (6:2, 6:2).
