The Spanish Paula Badosa, first favorite in the Tokyo tournament, stumbled in her first appearance, in the second round, losing to the Chinese Qinwen Zheng, 6-3 and 6-2, in 1 hour and 18 minutes of play.
Badosa, number 4 on the WTA world list, and that like the four top seeds in the tournament had advanced directly to the second round, She started playing at a good level but two consecutive service losses in the sixth and eighth games of the first set threw her off center.
In the second sleeve, the Spanish was in tow when she lost the serve in the first game against the Chinese Zheng, number 36 in the world and 19 years old, who broke Badosa’s service again in the seventh game.
