Lilli Tagger vs Liudmila Samsonova — Round of 32 — Japan Women's Open. Tagger won 6-3, 6-3.

Eighteen-year-old Austrian Lilli Tagger beat fifth seed Liudmila Samsonova 6-3, 6-3 in the Japan Women's Open round of 32. Ranked WTA No. 55, Tagger had begun the season outside the top 150. Samsonova, ranked WTA No. 43, was a slight favourite in the betting market. The match took 72 minutes, and Samsonova never earned a break point. Tagger held all nine of her service games and won 83 percent of her first-serve points. On return, she converted all three of her break points. She broke in the fifth game of the first set for 3-2, then broke again in the ninth game to close out the set. Samsonova made 11 unforced errors in that opening set, compared with three from Tagger. The second set stayed on serve until Tagger broke in the sixth game for 4-2. Samsonova saved one match point, but Tagger did not drop serve on the way to the win.