Ai Sugiyama's miserable start to 2005 continued as Japan's top player was dumped out of the Toray Pan Pacific Open in the first round by Italy's Roberta Vinci on Tuesday.
Shinobu Asagoe plays a shot during her first-round match against Yuka Yoshida at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. Asagoe won 6-2, 6-1.