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A trio of British girls are here en route to Osaka, where there is a J500 event next week

R1 (L32)

Ophelia Korpanec Davies v (Q) Mai Sasaki (JPN)

(8) Megan Knight v Natsuki Irokawa (JPN)

Yui Komada (JPN) v (Q) Rosie Cho



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Meg came through her first match, 4 & 3

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Megan has to tackle another precocious talent, younger than her, in round 2. The 13 year old Japanese girl Sakino Miyazawa has been mentioned frequently in this section, having won the Wimbledon under 14 event amongst others.

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(8) Megan Knight v Sakino Miyazawa (JPN)

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Ophelia got a R1 win, to join Meg in R2

But Rosie lost a heartbreaker third-set TB

R1 (L32)

Ophelia Korpanec Davies def. (Q) Mai Sasaki (JPN) 6-4 6-4

Yui Komada (JPN) def. (Q) Rosie Cho 7-5 4-6 7-6(1)

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Rosie has teamed up with Sakino and they squeaked home 11-9 in a match tiebreak to join Ophelia+ and Megan+ in the doubles quarters

R2

(3) Sarah Mildren (AUS) v Ophelia Korpanec Davies
(8) Megan Knight v Sakino Miyazawa (JPN)

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Meg lost out in the battle of the 2011-ers, not too surprisingly

Ophelia also lost, both of them in three sets

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There was better news in the doubles, where another 11-9 MTB win for Rosie and Sakino over the top seeds ensures a Brit in the final

R2

(3) Sarah Mildren (AUS) d. Ophelia Korpanec Davies 6-4 1-6 6-1
Sakino Miyazawa (JPN) d. (8) Megan Knight 4-6 6-3 6-1

Doubles SF

Cho/Miyazawa (GBR/JPN) v (4) Knight/Sushkova (GBR/UKR)


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