First round matches were completed on Day Two in Hiroshima, and the same for Quebec City, except for two battles there which will take place on Day Three.
Quebec City
- In a major upset, Varvara Lepchenko defeated top seed Aryna Sabalenka. Sabalenka had made the Cincinnati semi finals, won New Haven, and lost in the US Open round of sixteen to eventual winner Naomi Osaka. Here, however, Lepchenko, quarter finalist last week in the lower level Chicago tournament, broke for a 3-2 lead in the opening set. The American used this to take the lead 6-4. Lepchenko achieved a service break at the same stage in set two.
Sabalenka saved a match point at 4-5, and forced a tie break Lepchenko raced ahead 4-0, before Sabalenka fought off two more match points, eventually falling short. Lepchenko through 6-4 7-6(5)
- Qualifier Marie Bouzkova defeated fellow qualifier Sesil Karatantcheva 6-2 6-1
- Georgina Garcia Perez defeated Evgeniya Rodina 4-6 6-3 6-1
- Wildcard Rebecca Marino defeated Tatjana Maria (7) 6-2 6-2
- Wildcard Francoise Abanda defeated qualifier Tereza Martincova 4-6 6-2 6-2
- Ons Jabeur defeated Lucie Safarova (6) 7-6(4) 3-6 7-5
- Qualifier Jessica Pegula defeated Kristyna Pliskova 6-3 7-6(6)
- Olga Govortsova defeated Kristie Ahn 6-1 6-4
Hiroshima
- Shuai Zhang (1) defeated Magdalena Frech 7-5 6-3
- Wildcard Nao Hibino defeated Eugenie Bouchard 6-4 6-4
- Kateryna Kozlova defeated qualifier Yuxuan Zhang 6-2 6-3
- Zarina Diyas (6) defeated Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-2 6-1
- Qualifier Amanda Anisimova defeated Jana Fett 6-1 6-1
- Magda Linette (8) defeated Johanna Larson 6-4 6-1
- Tamara Zidansek defeated qualifier Arina Rodionova 6-2 6-4
- Qiang Wang (4) defeated qualifier Priscilla Hon 3-6 6-1 6-3
- Mandy Minella defeated Kurumi Nara 6-3 6-4
- Su-Wei Hsieh (2) defeated Polona Hercog 4-6 6-1 6-3
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