Naomi Osaka ends title drought at home Pan Pacific Open
Smiles all round after happy homecoming for world No 4 tennis star
22 September 2019 - 17:59
Tokyo — Japan’s Naomi Osaka ended an eight-month title drought by winning the Pan Pacific Open in her home city on Sunday, her first trophy since her second consecutive Grand Slam triumph at the Australian Open in January.
The former world No 1 overwhelmed Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2 6-3 in just more than an hour to make it third time lucky in finals at the tournament after finishing runner-up in 2016 and 2018. The US-based star, winner of the 2018 US Open, was born in Osaka and it was visibly a happy homecoming for the 21-year-old who beamed and smiled her way through a dominant week on court...
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