Osaka and Mertens next to advance at Toray Pan Pacific Open

After Keys and Kerber advanced in earlier matches at the Toray Pan Pacific Open, Elise Mertens and Naomi Osaka also secured their seat in the quarterfinals.

After Su-Wei Hsieh turned the match with Garbine Muguruza in the first round at Toray Pan Pacific, she faced Elise Mertens in the second round match. The match began better for the doubles winner at the US Open Mertens. The Belgian won the first set 6-3, but Hsieh managed to level the score after a successful second set. Mertens, however, showed great form and won the third set 6-2 and advanced to the quarterfinals. In the next round, she will be the winner of the match between Stephens and Giorgi.

The second pair who stood on the court was the first-seeded home player Naomi Osaka, and successful qualifier Viktoriya Tomova. Osaka was already losing 0-3 in the first set, but has been controlling the match since then. She scored 13 aces in the match and won 7-5 and 6-3. In the next round she will meet Flink or Putintseva.

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