The final two top seeds kicked their 2016 Toray Pan Pacific Open campaign on Thursday as Garbine Muguruza and Karolina Pliskova were the final two players to start their tournament.
The French Open champion & the US Open finalist met very different fates though. While Muguruza got her sweet revenge on Anastasija Sevastova, beating the player that ended her US Open hopes in straight sets, Karolina Pliskova’s stay in Tokyo is already over.
The US Open finalist was visibly out of steam and unprepared for her match against Aliaksandra Sasnovich, having only practiced once all week due to the extreme weather.