Kitahara d. Noguchi

Kitahara beat Noguchi 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 in the second round at the W15 Tokyo. Kitahara won 91 of 174 points (52%). Kitahara hit 1 ace to 0 and won 57% of points behind the first serve (39/68) against 51% for Noguchi. Kitahara converted 7 of 9 break points and saved 8 of 13 faced; Noguchi converted 5 of 13. The match was played on hard in Japan.