Mika Stojsavljevic, 15, is denied her first ever WTA victory after a narrow defeat by Japan's Moyuka Uchijima.
British teenager Mika Stojsavljevic was denied a first ever WTA win after an agonising 6-4 6-7 7-6 defeat by Japan's Moyuka Uchijima in the first round of the Pan Pacific Open.held a 3-2 lead against Uchijima, ranked 57th in the world, but was broken three games in a row as she lost the first set in Tokyo.
Stojsavljevic saved two match points in the second set and went on to win the tie-break 9-7 to level the match.But the world number 633 missed the opportunity to serve out the match, allowing 23-year-old Uchijima to level at 5-5. In the tie-break, Stojsavljevic saved two more match points but Uchijima recovered to see out the win.Elsewhere, British number one Katie Boulter is through to the last 16 after easing to a 6-1 6-4 win against Australia's Priscilla Hon.
The 28-year-old broke the Australian three times in the first set, converting 100% of her break points. It was similarly straightforward for Boulter in the second set as she broke Hon, ranked 184 places below her, twice.Graham Norton's most shameful storyMahomes & Washington star in best plays of week seven'Time for hugging, not kicking' - is it as bad as it seems for Palace?
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