On Friday it was day one of the main draw for both the men and the women at the Ariake Tennis Stadium.
With 30 matches scheduled it was a very busy day for day one of main draw action in Tokyo for both the men and the women vying to get off to a good start looking to bring home the gold.
On the men’s side, Egor Gerasimov of Belarus beat the Frenchman in three sets which is the new rule instead of best of five 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, the Italian Lorenzo Sonego beat the home favorite Taro Daniel in another three-set match 4-6, 7-6, 7-6.
Fabio Fognini beat another Japanese player Yuichi Sugita 6-4, 6-3, the Frenchman Ugo Humbert advanced after beating the Spaniard Pablo Andujar 7-6, 6-1 while the Serb Miomir Kecmanovic beat the Pole Kamil Majchrzak 6-4, 6-2.
Aslan Karatsev the first time Olympian and Russian beat the American Tommy Paul 6-3, 6-2, with German Jan-Lennard Struff beating the Brazilian Thiago Monteiro in straight sets 6-3, 6-4.
Sumit Nagal made history by becoming the first Male player from India to win a single match after needing three sets to beat Denis Istomin 6-4, 6-7, 6-4.
Jeremy Chardy of France beat Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera of Chile 6-1, 7-6, Danil Medvedev the tournament number two seed beat the Kazak Alexander Bublik 6-4, 7-6, and the Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili beat another Spaniard Robert Carballes Baena 6-3, 6-2.
John Milman of Australia beat the young Italian Lorenzo Musetti in straight sets 6-3, 6-4 while the Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Pedro Sousa of Portugal 6-3, 6-0.
On the women side, Belinda Bencic of Switzerland beat the American Jessica Pegula 6-3, 6-3 and Misaki Doi of Japan beat the Mexican Renata Zarzua 6-3, 6-2.
Czech Marketa Vondrousova needed three sets to beat the Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. That match was Bertens’ last singles match of her career.
Paula Badosa the young Spaniard beat Kristina Mladenovic of France in another three-set battle 6-7, 6-3, 6-0 while Barbora Krejcikova advanced after her opponent Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan was forced to retire due to injury after only seven games at 5-2.
Rebecca Peterson of Sweden beat the Egyptian Mayar Sherif in straight sets 7-5, 7-6, the Greek Maria Sakkari beat the Estonian Anett Kontaveit 7-5, 6-2, and Elena Rybakina beat the Aussie Samantha Stosur 6-4, 6-2 while the Canadian Leylah Fernandez beat the Ukrainian Dayanna Yastremska in three sets 6-3, 3-6, 6-0.
Anna Lee Freidsam of Germany beat the Brit Heather Watson 7-6, 6-3, Nina Stojanovic of Serbia beat Nao Hibino of Japan 6-3, 6-3, the Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat the Italian veteran Sara Errani of Italy only losing one game 6-0, 6-1.
The young Pole Iga Swiatek beat another German Mona Barthel 6-2, 6-2, and Viktorija Golubic of Switzerland beat the Columbian Maria Camila Osorio Serrano 6-4, 6-1.
Day 2 features some great matches as the world number one on the women’s side Ash Barty, another home favorite Naomi Osaka and Andy Murray will face off against the young Canadian Felix Auger Aliassime.
