What is the Toray Pan Pacific Open?
The Toray Pan Pacific Open is a women's professional tennis tournament held in Tokyo, Japan. It is a WTA 500 event, which places it among the tour's mid-level tournaments. Players compete in singles over one week, and the field includes seeded players and qualifiers. Results and schedules are posted by the WTA and tournament organizers.
Why it's in the news
Alex Eala and Diana Shnaider won their second-round matches in three sets on Wednesday, October 28, setting up a quarterfinal rematch of their Ningbo meeting the previous week.
- Tokyo Open — Eala and Shnaider set up Tokyo quarterfinal rematch
Background
The Toray Pan Pacific Open is held in Tokyo and is classed as a WTA 500 event on the women's tour. The WTA is the Women's Tennis Association, the organization that runs the women's professional circuit. Seeds are ranked players placed in the draw to keep the strongest competitors apart early on. Qualifiers are players who win through earlier rounds of matches to enter the main draw.
In the second round this week, two seeded players both won in three sets. Diana Shnaider, the No. 3 seed, beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich, a qualifier, in three sets. Alex Eala, the No. 8 seed, came back from losing the first set to beat Talia Gibson. Eala had also needed a comeback from a set down against Gibson earlier, a second time she had done so against the Australian.
The two players now meet again in the quarterfinals, one week after Shnaider beat Eala 7-5, 6-4 at the BNB Ningbo Open. Both have reached eight quarterfinals this year. Eala won her maiden title in Washington in August.
What people are asking
Toray Pan Pacific Open schedule?
The sources do not give a full schedule. They confirm that the quarterfinals come next, with Shnaider and Eala meeting again in that round.
Toray Pan Pacific Open results?
Shnaider beat Sasnovich in three sets, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3. Eala beat Gibson 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 after losing the first set. Both won their second-round matches on Wednesday, October 28.
Who are Alex Eala and Diana Shnaider?
Eala is the No. 8 seed and Shnaider is the No. 3 seed in the Tokyo draw. Shnaider beat Eala 7-5, 6-4 in Ningbo the previous week. Eala has won one title this year, in Washington in August.