Caroline Wozniacki ends trophy drought with Pan Pacific Open title

25 September 2016 08:08

Caroline Wozniacki's resurgence continued as she won her first WTA Tour title since March 2015 by beating Naomi Osaka in the Pan Pacific Open.

The former world number one, who reached the semi-finals of the US Open earlier this month, is looking back to her best after an injury-ravaged year and she won 7-5 6-3 to claim a second title in Tokyo and a 24th in her career.

Wozniacki beat second seed Agnieszka Radwanska in the semi-finals and she was in no mood to surrender her favourite tag, crucially breaking at 6-5 in the first set before racing into a 5-0 lead in the second.

Highly-rated teenager Osaka, playing on home soil, saved match points to fight back to 5-3 but Wozniacki held on and will now travel to China to play in the Wuhan Open.

Lara Arruabarrena also ended a drought for silverware, this time going back to 2012 as she won the Korea Open in Seoul.

In a topsy-turvy match, the Spaniard beat Monica Niculescu 6-0 2-6 6-0.

Source: PA