The main draw of the 2015 Toray Pan Pacific Open got underway in Tokyo’s Ariake Coliseum on Monday as one of the WTA’s most traditional Premier tournaments goes into its next edition.
Held inside the Ariake Coliseum, the event has lost its Premier 5 status to Wuhan last year. Nevertheless, even the Premier-level tournament still manages to attract plenty of great players into the Japanese capital as Ana Ivanovic, Angelique Kerber, Caroline Wozniacki and plenty of others have signed up to play the 2015 edition of the event.
TOKYO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 21 : Risa Ozaki in action at the 2015 Toray Pan Pacific Open WTA Premier tennis tournament 
TOKYO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 21 : Ana Konjuh in action at the 2015 Toray Pan Pacific Open WTA Premier tennis tournament 
TOKYO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 21 : Risa Ozaki in action at the 2015 Toray Pan Pacific Open WTA Premier tennis tournament 
TOKYO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 21 : Ana Konjuh in action at the 2015 Toray Pan Pacific Open WTA Premier tennis tournament 
TOKYO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 21 : Risa Ozaki in action at the 2015 Toray Pan Pacific Open WTA Premier tennis tournament 
TOKYO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 21 : Ana Konjuh in action at the 2015 Toray Pan Pacific Open WTA Premier tennis tournament 
TOKYO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 21 : Risa Ozaki in action at the 2015 Toray Pan Pacific Open WTA Premier tennis tournament 
TOKYO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 21 : Ana Konjuh in action at the 2015 Toray Pan Pacific Open WTA Premier tennis tournament
The competitive main draw field is joined by four qualifiers as Yi-Fan Xu, Ana Konjuh, Kateryna Bondarenko & Olga Savchuk have fought their way through the three-round qualifying stages that started on Saturday.