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Canadian Rebecca Marino was in action in Osaka Tuesday.

A first round vs No. 7 Nao Hibino that ended up a solid win in the Canadian’s favour.

A couple of matches were suspended on Monday night, so they got those finished as well.

The longtime Japanese player Misaki Doi is calling it a career after this tournament and Tokyo. She lost her opener in three sets.

In San Diego, Leylah Fernandez got the late-night slot against No. 7 Beatriz Haddad Maia. But she fell just short, for another early-round loss with a tough draw.

(Osaka is 13 hours ahead of ET; San Diego is three hours behind).

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San Diego Open
Location: San Diego, Calif.
Category: WTA 500
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Sept. 11 – 16, 2023
Prize money: $780,637
Draws: S28 – D16

Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023
Final results

Singles, first round

[7] Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) def. [WC] Leylah Fernandez (CAN) 63 57 62

[WC] Sofia Kenin (USA) def [6] Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 64 64
Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def [8] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) 76 (3) 67 (6) 75

Danielle Collins (USA) def. [Q] Louisa Chirico (USA) 75 60
Marta Kostyuk (UKR) def. Magda Linette (POL) 62 76 (5)
Sloane Stephens (USA) def. Elise Mertens (BEL) 61 63

Doubles, first round

Miyu Kato (JPN) / Aldila Sutjiadi (INA) def [3] Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Giuliana Olmos (MEX) 46 63 [10-2]

[2] Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Yang Zhaoxuan (CHN) def Alexa Guarachi (CHI) / Monica Niculescu (ROU) 61 75

[WC] Danielle Collins / Coco Vandeweghe (USA) def Marta Kostyuk (UKR) / Alycia Parks (USA) 63 46 [10-3]
Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) / Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) def. [WC] Caroline Dolehide / Claire Liu (USA) 76 (6) 64

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Japan Open Tennis Championships
Location: Osaka, Japan
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Sept. 11 – 17, 2023
Prize money: $259,303
Draws: S32 – D16

Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023
Final results

Singles, first round

Rebecca Marino (CAN) def. [7] Nao Hibino (JPN) 63 64

Panna Udvardy (HUN) def. [2] Tatjana Maria (GER) 26 64 76 (5)
Harriet Dart (GBR) def [4] Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) 75 57 62

[1] Zhu Lin (CHN) def. Wang Xiyu (CHN) 64 64

[Q] Arianne Hartono (NED) def [WC] Misaki Doi (JPN) 62 36 63
[WC] Mai Hontama (JPN) def. Su Jeong Jang (KOR) 75 06 62
Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) def Jule Niemeier (GER) 64 64
[Q] Elisabeth Mandlik (USA) def Diane Parry (FRA) 75 62
Jessika Ponchet (FRA) def. Viktorija Golubic (SUI) 64 62
[Q] Himono Sakatsume (JPN) def [Q] Alexandra Eala (PHI) 60 63
[WC] Moyuka Uchijima (JPN) def [Q] Ankita Raina (IND) 64 62