Eighth seed Yulia Putintseva made it a red letter day for Kazakhstan against Chinese opponents by ousting Han Xinyun, who retired with a hip injury when trailing 6-2, 2-0. As Japanese organisers rue the loss of six seeds and local favourite Kimiko Date in her final tournament at the age of 46, Croatian Jana Fett backed up her upset win over France's top seed Kristina Mladenovic by crushing Slovakia' Jana Cepelova 6-0, 6-3.
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