Theyve played twice before - Imanishi won comfortably on hardcourt in Vancouver back in 2013, and Tara got her revenge last year in straight sets in Nottingham on grass.
Theyve played twice before - Imanishi won comfortably on hardcourt in Vancouver back in 2013, and Tara got her revenge last year in straight sets in Nottingham on grass.
Believe it or not, that Nottingham qualifying win last June was Tara's last but one singles win, so she has now got 2 of her last 3 singles wins against Imanishi.
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GB on a shirt, Davis Cup still gleaming, 79 years of hurt, never stopped us dreaming ... 29/11/2015 that dream came true!
Non Brit related, but last weeks HK winner Lopatetska (no longer Lopatetskaya) beat the Japanese youngster Uchijima 6-2 6-1. The Chinese youngster Xinyu Wang (who made headlines against Sharapova last week) is in the main draw and starts off against a qualifier - would be very interesting if it was against Lopatetska, if the Ukranian can come through her FQR (or Tara of course).