Mika Stojsavljevic: Fifteen-year-old US Open women champion denied first WTA win in dropping thriller to Moyuka Uchijima | Tennis Information

Fifteen-year-old British hopeful Mika Stojsavljevic was denied a first-ever WTA win as she misplaced an exciting match in opposition to Moyuka Uchijima 6-4 6-7 (7-9) 7-6 (8-6) in Tokyo.

Stojsavljevic is the reigning US Open women champion however was handed a tricky draw on the Pan Pacific Open in opposition to Japan’s Uchijima, the world No 57 – an entire 576 locations larger than her within the WTA rankings.

{The teenager}, who discovered herself a break of serve up in all three units, needed to save 5 match factors in complete via the first-round contest earlier than lastly succumbing to the sixth.

Three of these match factors had been saved within the second set as Stojsavljevic battled again to pressure a decider, taking the tie-break 9-7.

The Briton then raced out of the blocks and right into a 5-2 lead within the third set, earlier than she was damaged, crucially, when serving for the match, with Uchijima happening to take the deciding tie-break and the match in just below three hours on court docket.

Had she gained, Stojsavljevic would have risen nearly 200 locations within the WTA rankings and secured a second-round assembly with high seed and Olympic champion Qinwen Zheng.

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