There should be plenty of entertaning action on WTA Tokyo day one and, as ever, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for every match on the slate, including Karolina Muchova vs Marketa Vondrousova. But who will book their spot in the second round in the Japanese capital?

WTA Tokyo Day 1 Predictions

Wang Xinyu vs Varvara Gracheva

Head-to-head: first meeting

Wang Xinyu is one of the most aggressive baseliners on tour, and the 24-year-old famously hit through the field in Berlin earlier this year en route to the final, where she fell just short of winning the title. Wang has since replicated that level in a couple of hard-court tournaments, but she has struggled immensely to get any wins over the last few weeks, with her game all over the place. Varvara Gracheva is more stabl

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