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Britian's Katie Boulter during the Women's Singles First Round match against Slovakia's Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (not pictured) at Roland-Garros, on the second day of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in France, July 28, 2024
KATIE BOULTER posted a comfortable first-round win at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo as she defeated Australian Priscilla Hon in straight sets.
The world number 33 needed just 75 minutes to claim a 6-1 6-4 success and book her place in the last 16.
Boulter led 5-3 in the second set before her serve was broken, but Hon, who is ranked 217 in the world, could not capitalise.
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