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Peer puts out Date

TOKYO: Former World No. 4 Kimiko Date’s comeback bid ended in a first-round loss to Shahar Peer on Tuesday in her first appearance in a main draw in 12 years at the Japan Open tennis tournament.

The 228th-ranked Japanese, who has won three ITF titles since her comeback in April, struggled to keep her service games, losing 6-3, 6-1 to the sixth-seeded Israeli in 69 minutes.

Important results (first round):

Japan Open: Men: Jesse Levine bt Danai Udomchoke 4-6, 6-1, 6-0; Kei Nishikori bt Robert Kendrick 7-6(3), 6-7(5), 6-2; Flavio Cipolla bt Ivan Navarro 7-6(5), 7-6(4).

Women: Shahar Peer bt Kimiko Date 6-3, 6-1; Yanina Wickmayer bt Iveta Benesova 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; Camille Pin bt Carla Suarez Navarro 6-0, 7-5.

Aleksandra Wozniak bt Jill Craybas 7-5, 6-7(2), 6-3; Jamila Gajdosova bt Mara Santangelo 6-4, 7-6(0).

Caroline Wozniacki bt Gisela Dulko 4-6, 6-0, 6-3; Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova bt Zheng Jie 6-1, 6-2; Tamarine Tanasugarn bt Stephanie Dubois 6-1, 6-3; Klara Zakopalova bt Maria Kirilenko 4-6, 6-2, 7-5. — Agencies

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