Qualifier Valeria Savinykh, 32, notched her first tour-level win since the 2013 Australian Open by overcoming Anna-Lena Friedsam in three sets in the first round of the Kinoshita Group Japan Open ...

Also, Fernandez beat Chinese qualifier You Xiaodi 6-4, 6-1 and Sasnovich eliminated Valeria Savinykh 6-3, 6-2.

She and her partner Valeria Savinykh competed in the doubles final the day prior. Irina Falconi lost the first set in all three of her wins in Midland. She would fall to Rogers, but will see her ...