McCartney Kessler rallied for a 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 victory against Spain\u2019s Cristina Bucsa in the first round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis event Monday in Tokyo.<\/p>\n
Kessler leveled the match with a service break to win the second set and broke Bucsa twice more in the third set to win in two hours and 24 minutes. Up next for the American is sixth-seeded Czech Linda Noskova.<\/p>\n
In the only match with a seeded player, Czech No. 8 Karolina Muchova was leading compatriot Marketa Vondrousova 6-2, 1-0 when the latter retired due to injury.<\/p>\n
Australia\u2019s Maya Joint stormed back for a 1-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2 victory over Viktorija Golubic of Switzerland and France\u2019s Varvara Gracheva also came from behind for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 defeat of China\u2019s Xinyu Wang. Russia\u2019s Anna Kalinskaya rolled 6-3, 6-1 over the Netherlands\u2019 Suzan Lamens and Germany\u2019s Eva Lys crushed Katie Boulter of England 6-2, 6-1.<\/p>\n
Guangzhou Open<\/p>\n
Slovenia\u2019s Veronika Erjavec knocked off third-seeded Tatjana Maria of Germany 6-4, 6-7 (7), 6-2 in first-round action in Guangzhou, China.<\/p>\n
Seventh-seeded Francesca Jones of England also met an early exit, losing 6-4, 6-4 to Chinese wild card Xiyu Wang in just under two hours.<\/p>\n
Also in the first round, Italy\u2019s Elisabetta Cocciaretto outlasted France\u2019s Diane Parry 6-4, 6-7 (7), 6-2 and China\u2019s Yafan Wang defeated Russia\u2019s Kamilla Rakhimova 6-2, 6-4.<\/p>\n
\u2013Field Level Media<\/p>\n
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