Overview

• Ito recovered from a set and a break down, saved a match point and prevailed 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7-5) in two hours and 27 minutes against seventh seed Jasmine Paolini.
• She began the week by defeating American Katie Volynets in the first round to register her first WTA 1000 level triumph.
• Ito had reached the Osaka semifinals on her WTA debut last October and claimed a WTA 125 title in Canberra this January but had not won a main-draw tour match until this week.
• Paolini committed 67 unforced errors, failed to convert a match point and plans to refocus on the Cincinnati Masters in her bid to regain consistency.
• Spain’s No. 51 Jessica Bouzas Maneiro advanced after beating Ashlyn Krueger 6-4, 6-4 to set up a third-round meeting with Ito.