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The longstanding WTA tournament in Tokyo – first edition was 50 years ago – has a solid field (although three Czechs – Vondrousova, Krejcikova and Muchova – were originally entered but didn’t make the date) and marks the return to action of Iga Swiatek.

It waa pretty quiet Monday, though, in terms of the OOP.

In Ningbo, which is holding a WTA event for the first time since … 2014 when it was a 125 tournament and a very young Magda Linette won it, No. 2 seed Petra Kvitova highlighted the first day of action.

ATP Tour – Monday, Sept. 25, 2023 final results

(Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of ET; Ningbo is 12 hours ahead).

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Toray Pan Pacific Open
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Category: WTA 500
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Sept. 25 – Oct. 1, 2023
Prize money: $780,637
Draws: S28 – D16

Monday, Sept. 25, 2023
Final results

Singles, first round

[7] Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) def. Tatjana Maria (GER) 60 62

Cristina Bucsa (ESP) def. [Q] Rina Saigo (JPN) 61 62
Kayla Day (USA) def [WC] Moyuka Uchijima (JPN) 62 62
Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) def. Ashlyn Krueger (USA) 63 61
[Q] Mai Hontama (JPN) def Nao Hibino (JPN) 62 64

Doubles, first round

Veronika Kudermetova / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) def [3] Giuliana Olmos (MEX) / Luisa Stefani (BRA) 75 67 (3) [10-8]

Fernanda Contreras (MEX) / Despina Papamichail (GRE) def Lidziya Marozava (BLR) / Bibiane Schoofs (NED) 75 64

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Ningbo Open
Location: Ningbo, China
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Sept. 25 – 30, 2023
Prize money: $259,303
Draws: S32 – D16

Monday, Sept. 25, 2023
Final results

Singles, first round

[WC] Vera Zvonareva (RUS) def [7] Katie Boulter (GBR) 64 46 76 (3)

[2] Petra Kvitova (CZE) def. [Q] Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) 76 (2) 61
[4] Anna Blinkova (RUS) def [Q] Viktoria Hruncakova (CZE) 63 75
[8] Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) def [Q] Jil Teichmann (SUI) 76 (6) 64

Kateryna Baindl (UKR) def. [WC] Yuan Yue (CHN) 36 64 63
Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) def Rebeka Masarova (ESP) 16 62 10 retd
Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) def. Daria Saville (AUS) 64 61
Clara Tauson (DEN) def. Elina Avanesyan (RUS) 64 61

Doubles, first round

[2] Anna Danilina (KAZ) / Alexandra Panova (RUS) def. Arianne Hartono (NED) / Olivia Tjandramulia (AUS) 64 75

Feng Shuo / Zheng Wushuang (CHN) def Kteryna Volodko (UKR) / Wei Sijia (CHN) 46 64 [10-2]
Natela Dzalamidze (GEO) / Quinn Gleason (USA) def. Naiktha Bains / Maia Lumsden (GBR) 64 61