It was a tough mixed day for the players in action on Day 2, as two youngsters advanced, while a 38-year-old fell in straight sets to No. 6 Shahar Peer.
Kimiko Date Krumm, the 38-year-old, awarded a wildcard here and champion her four times in the 1990's, failed to reach the second round at the AIG Japan Open, as she was ousted by No. 6 Shahar Peer, 63 61.
"It's not easy to fill the blank of 11 years and a half," the world No.228 admitted afterwards. “Today's loss left me with a mixed feeling. I was disappointed, but it's not so bad considering that it's impossible to do in only five months.
"I've been playing in order to improve the quality of my tennis," she added. "I felt much better than I did in the Pan Pacific. I couldn't play 100 percent two weeks ago. I'm going to take it positively."
The tournament first upset included No. 3 Jie Zheng being ousted by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets, 61 62.
No. 1 seed Caroline Wozniacki avoided the same fate as Zheng, as she came back from a set down to win to Gisela Dulko, 46 60 63; No. 7 seed and No. 8 seed Tamarine Tanasugarn and Aleksandra Wozniak also won their matches to qualifier Stephanie Dubois and 2002 champion Jill Craybas, 61 63 and 75 67(2) 63.
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