[ad_1] TOKYO: Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova won the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Sunday, upsetting tennis’ world number four Jessica Pegula in straight sets. The 19th-ranked Kudermetova overwhelmed the American 7-5, 6-1 in an hour and 24 minutes. “I knew…
[ad_1] TOKYO: Liudmila Samsonova said that Wimbledon’s ban on Russian players had given her time to transform her game, after winning her third title in four tournaments on Sunday at the Pan Pacific Open. The Russian world number 30 beat…
[ad_1] TOKYO: Naomi Osaka’s woes deepened when the struggling former world number one pulled out of her home Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo complaining of abdominal pain on Thursday. The 24-year-old Japanese was set to play Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia…