Top seeds Badosa and Garcia ousted at Pan Pacific Open

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Published September 21, 2022 2:05 AM

TOKYO (AP) — Top seed Paula Badosa, second seed Caroline Garcia and Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina have been knocked out of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. Badosa was overwhelmed by Qinwen Zheng in straight sets. The 19-year-old rapid improver from China played fearlessly on Badosa’s serve to break her four times. Garcia was upset by another Chinese in the second round, Zhang Shuai. Zhang prevailed 4-6, 7-6, 7-6 in 2 1/2 hours. Rybakina was coming off losing a three-set final in Slovenia last weekend but struggled to find any rhythm against an in-form Liudmila Samsanova. Samsanova won their tournament opener 6-2, 6-4.

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