Jubilation in Japan: Hiroshima in pictures
All the best photos from the Hana-Cupid Japan Women's Open.
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Playing just her second WTA-level tournament outside the USA, Amanda Anisimova got her campaign off to a fine start in qualifying (Akira Ando)
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20-year-old Chihiro Muramatsu serves en route to a qualifying win over Risa Ozaki (Akira Ando)
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Urszula Radwanska won her first WTA qualifying match since Kuala Lumpur 2017 over Miharu Imanishi (Akira Ando)
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2017 runner-up Miyu Kato had not won a WTA main draw match since last year's final run, and her lean spell continued with a first-round defeat at the hands of Zhu Lin (Akira Ando)
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Searching for her first WTA win since Nurnberg 2017, Misaki Doi got off to a bright start - but fell in a third-set tiebreak to Viktorija Golubic (Akira Ando)
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Viktorija Golubic unleashes a one-handed backhand en route to her 0-6, 6-3, 7-6(1) victory over Misaki Doi in the first round (Akira Ando)
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No.4 seed Wang Qiang had to come back from a set down in the first round against qualifier Priscilla Hon (Akira Ando)
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Nao Hibino was sharp in defeating Eugenie Bouchard in the first round - her second win over the Canadian in the past month (Akira Ando)
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Sara Sorribes Tormo stretches for a backhand slice en route to a first-round loss to Zarina Diyas (Akira Ando)
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Duan Yingying is dominant at net while Shuko Aoyama is alert at the baseline as the No.3 seeds stormed to a first-round win (Akira Ando)
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Mandy Minella leaps into a forehand en route to her first-round win over Kurumi Nara (Akira Ando)
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No.1 seed Zhang Shuai cleared the first hurdle in straight sets over Magdalena Frech (Akira Ando)
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Zarina Diyas and Zheng Saisai's teamwork was on point during their first-round win (Akira Ando)
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Ajla Tomljanovic's 7-5, 6-4 defeat of Zhu Lin put the Australian into her fifth quarterfinal of the year (Akira Ando)
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Luksika Kumkhum was a set down to Wang Qiang when rain suspended their second-round encounter (Akira Ando)
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Amanda Anisimova blitzed Zheng Saisai 6-1, 6-1 to make her first ever WTA quarterfinal (Akira Ando)
