Local favorite Ai Sugiyama was knocked out in the first round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Tuesday after a 6-3, 6-0 drubbing to teenager Ana Ivanovic of Serbia and Montenegro.
Ai Sugiyama returns a shot during her first-round match against Ana Ivanovic of Serbia and Montenegro at the Toray Pan Pacific Open.
On a day of mixed fortunes for host Japan, Rika Fujiwara was the second to bite the dust in straight sets to fifth-seed Czech Nicole Vaidisova but Saori Obata defeated Kveta Peschke of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-1 to reach the second round.