Kinoshita d. Koike

Kinoshita beat Koike 6-1, 7-6(2) in the quarterfinals at the W100 Gifu. Kinoshita won 82 of 146 points (56%). Kinoshita hit 0 aces to 2 and won 73% of points behind the first serve (33/45) against 60% for Koike. Kinoshita converted 4 of 9 break points and saved 4 of 5 faced; Koike converted 1 of 5. Koike double-faulted 5 times. The match was played on hard in Japan.