No. 8 seed Alexandra Eala is through to the round of 16 at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo (WTA 500). Next is Australia's Talia Gibson, a Singapore finalist.

Eala opened Monday with a 6-1, 6-2 win over wild card Mika Stojsavljevic. Gibson won an all-Australian first round over qualifier Daria Kasatkina, 6-0, 7-5, taking the first eight games. Eala is in singles only after withdrawing from Tokyo doubles with Desirae Krawczyk.

Monday's first-round results

  • [8] Alexandra Eala d. [WC] Mika Stojsavljevic 6-1, 6-2
  • Talia Gibson d. [Q] Daria Kasatkina 6-0, 7-5
  • [5] Elise Mertens d. [WC] Moyuka Uchijima 6-4, 6-2
  • [Q] Alycia Parks d. Wang Xinyu 6-1, 7-6(7) — Parks saved three set points in the second set

Two seeds out, two lucky losers in

No. 2 seed Maja Chwalinska (left thigh) and No. 4 seed and defending champion Belinda Bencic (right ankle) both withdrew injured, the WTA confirmed.

Seoul champion Kimberly Birrell took Chwalinska's bye as a lucky loser and meets Parks next. The updated WTA draw, released Tuesday morning, puts lucky loser Kamilla Rakhimova into Bencic's bye. She plays Mertens in the round of 16.

Tuesday's first round, Philippine time

Tokyo is one hour ahead of Manila. Per the official order of play, Tuesday's singles are:

  • Center Court, from 9:30 AM PHT: [Q] Maya Joint vs [6] Sorana Cirstea; then not before 10:30 AM, [Q] Yulia Putintseva vs Maria Sakkari; not before 2:00 PM, Leylah Fernandez vs [WC] Himeno Sakatsume; not before 4:00 PM, [7] Naomi Osaka vs Jasmine Paolini
  • Show Court, from 10:00 AM PHT: Ann Li vs Ekaterina Alexandrova; then Diane Parry vs Cristina Bucsa; [Q] Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs Nikola Bartunkova; [Q] Tereza Valentova vs [WC] Mia Pohankova

Top seed Elena Rybakina and No. 3 Diana Shnaider have byes and await Tuesday winners.

Round of 16: what is confirmed

Set matchups so far:

  • [8] Alexandra Eala vs Talia Gibson
  • [5] Elise Mertens vs [LL] Kamilla Rakhimova
  • [LL] Kimberly Birrell vs [Q] Alycia Parks

The round of 16 starts Wednesday, Oct 28, per the tournament schedule. Wednesday's order of play — courts and start times — has not been released yet. Rally will post Eala's match time in PHT as soon as it is out.

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