Aliaksandra Sasnovich loses at start of tennis tournament in Tokyo

The Belarusian lost in two sets to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 3-6, 4-6. Tomorrow, Victoria Azarenka will play her first match at the tournament. Her rival is Japanese Kurumi Nara. Ilya Ivashko is the only one of the three Belarusians who managed to qualify for the main grid of the tennis tournament in St. Petersburg. Today our tennis player defeated Russian Evgeny Tyurnev. Both sets ended on tie-breaks.