Caroline Wozniacki defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to claim her third WTA Pan Pacific Open and defend her title in Tokyo.
The Danish former world No 1, who joins Steffi Graf and Gabriela Sabatini with three Pan Pacific Open crowns, outclassed her Russian opponent 6-0 7-5 in 75 minutes to capture her first title of the year after losing in six previous finals.
Wozniacki, the third seed, raced through the opening set in convincing fashion with some punishing baseline winners before Pavyluchenkova saved a match point in the tenth game of the second set only for the world No 6 to secure victory at her third opportunity with a backhand winner.
“It was my seventh final this year and obviously after a while it gets harder and harder,” said Wozniacki after winning her first tournament since Hong Kong in October last year.
“Obviously I’ve won here in the past and it has great memories for me so I’m happy I was able to stay focused and aggressive. Everything was going my way in the first set. The second set was tricky but I managed to stay positive and it feels great to win the title again. It was awesome.”
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