Fifteen-year-old British hopeful Mika Stojsavljevic was denied a first-ever WTA win as she misplaced an exhilarating match towards Moyuka Uchijima 6-4 6-7 (7-9) 7-6 (8-6) in Tokyo.
Stojsavljevic is the reigning US Open women champion however was handed a tricky draw on the Pan Pacific Open towards Japan’s Uchijima, the world No 57 – an entire 576 locations larger than her within the WTA rankings.
{The teenager}, who discovered herself a break of serve up in all three units, needed to save 5 match factors in complete by way of the first-round contest earlier than lastly succumbing to the sixth.
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Stojsavljevic noticed off Sonobe Wakana in straight units to win the ladies’ US Open at Flushing Meadows
Three of these match factors had been saved within the second set as Stojsavljevic battled again to drive a decider, taking the tie-break 9-7.
The Briton then raced out of the blocks and right into a 5-2 lead within the third set, earlier than she was damaged, crucially, when serving for the match, with Uchijima happening to take the deciding tie-break and the match in just below three hours on courtroom.
Had she gained, Stojsavljevic would have risen virtually 200 locations within the WTA rankings and secured a second-round assembly with prime seed and Olympic champion Qinwen Zheng.
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Stojsavljevic was in jubilant temper after beating Sonobe Wakana to win the ladies’ US Open earlier this 12 months
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