Ann Li vs Emerson Jones — Round of 32 — Japan Women's Open. Li won 5-7, 6-0, 6-3.

Top seed Ann Li lost the opening set to qualifier Emerson Jones in the Round of 32 at the Japan Women's Open. She then won 12 of the next 15 games for a three-set win that took 1 hour, 57 minutes. Jones is an 18-year-old Australian ranked WTA No. 122 and a former junior No. 1. For a set, she matched the WTA No. 31. Jones broke in game 5 for 3-2, and Li broke back in game 8 for 4-4. Jones then broke again in game 11 for 6-5 and served out the set 7-5. Li made 15 unforced errors in that set, five more than Jones. The second set went entirely Li's way. She broke in games 2, 4 and 6 to take it 6-0, making just two unforced errors and hitting five aces. Jones won only 42 percent of her first-serve points in the set. Jones broke to open the decider, and Li didn't get the break back until game 6, for 3-3. She broke once more on the way to 6-3. Li hit 12 winners in the third set to Jones's two, along with four double faults. Across the match, Li won 46 percent of her return games, twice Jones's 23 percent. She converted six of 11 break points and dropped serve three times. She also finished with 33 winners to Jones's 13 and won 10 of her 12 points at the net.