WTA Tokyo Day 2 Predictions Including Osaka vs Saville

WTA Tour returns to Japan for a 250-level event in Tokyo. Naomi Osaka takes on Daria Saville on her home soil.

Karolina Pliskova is looking to back up her US Open quarterfinal run with a strong close to the 2022 season. Isabella Shinikova worked her way through two rounds of qualifying to set up this first-round bout.

Sofia Kenin is a former world No. 4 and is currently ranked #315. She has a 4-11 record this season and didn't pick up a win in nine of the 11 tournaments she has competed in. Her opponent Fernanda Contreras Gomez is ranked No 30 and has mostly done her work at the ITF level. Ken in has not lost to a player ranked as low as Contrras since the fall of 2018.

Shuai Zhang and Mai Hontama are playing in the first round of the WTA Tokyo tournament. Zhang is the current world No.28 and she is 8-3 in her last 11 hard court matches. Honama received a wildcard entry into the tournament and is looking to make the most of her fourth tour-level tournament of this season.

Beatriz Haddad Maia is having the best season of her career. She is ranked No. 15. Beatriz Haddy Maa plays Yuki Naito in the first round of the WTA Tokyo tournament.

Naomi Osaka is playing Daria Saville in the first round of qualifying in Tokyo. Savile holds the head-to-head record over Osaka. Osaka has lost her last four matches.