Kawaguchi d. Nishimura

Kawaguchi beat Nishimura 6-3, 6-2 in the first round at the W50 Nanao. Kawaguchi won 61 of 103 points (59%). Kawaguchi hit 4 aces to 0 and won 83% of points behind the first serve (25/30) against 54% for Nishimura. Kawaguchi converted 4 of 5 break points and saved 0 of 1 faced; Nishimura converted 1 of 1. The match was played on carpet in Japan.