Pan Pacific Open

Pan Pacific Open 2019: Naomi Osaka beats Viktoriya Tomova to reach quarter-finals; Angelique Kerber snaps losing streak

Osaka, who crashed out of this month's US Open in the last 16, started slowly, losing the first three games in the first set, but later found her rhythm with solid serves and crisp volleying to secure the first set.

Pan Pacific Open 2019: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova through to second round, Elise Mertens beats Whitney Osuigwe

Pavlyuchenkova, who lost the 2017 final to Caroline Wozniacki, went on a roll early in the second set to win 11 of the first 12 points and took a 4-0 lead before dropping serve

China Open: Unseeded Latvian Anastasija Sevastova stuns US Open winner Naomi Osaka to reach final

Unseeded Latvian Anastasija Sevastova stunned US Open champion Naomi Osaka 6-4, 6-4 to reach the China Open final on Saturday.

Pan Pacific Open: Karolina Pliskova stuns US Open champion Naomi Osaka in straight sets to claim title

Former world number one Karolina Pliskova stunned Japanese tennis sensation Naomi Osaka in straights sets to capture the Pan Pacific Open on Sunday.

Pan Pacific Open: US Open champ Naomi Osaka sweeps aside Camila Giorgi to set up final clash with Karolina Pliskova

Having not dropped a set over the course of her week, Osaka will next face a player who's needed three dramatic sets in each of her matches to reach her second final of the season.

Pan Pacific Open: Naomi Osaka through to semi-finals with win over Barbora Strycova, Karolina Pliskova labours into last-four

Osaka had too much firepower for Strycova in Tokyo, advancing to face Italy's Camila Giorgi, who beat former World No 1 Victoria Azarenka, in the last four.

Pan Pacific Open: Camila Giorgi stuns three-time winner Caroline Wozniacki to set up quarter-final clash with Victoria Azarenka

Top seed Caroline Wozniacki was denied the chance to win her third consecutive Pan Pacific Open after losing to 37th-seeded Italian Camila Giorgi 6-2, 2-6, 6-4

Pan Pacific Open: Victoria Azarenka thrashes Australia's Ashleigh Barty to reach quarter-finals; Barbora Strycova wins

Former world number one Victoria Azarenka thrashed Australian Ashleigh Barty 6-4, 6-2 to reach the Pan Pacific Open quarter-finals on Thursday as she seeks a return to the top after giving birth in late 2016

US Open 2018: Naomi Osaka refuses to criticise Serena Williams after controversial final, focused on WTA Finals qualification

Naomi Osaka will be playing at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, with which the Japanese US Open winner will hope to seal qualification for the WTA Finals at the end of the year.

Wuhan Open: Agnieszka Radwanska points to exhaustion as reason behind early exit of top female players

Radwanska crashed out of the hot and sticky tournament at the hands of Australia's Ashleigh Barty after struggling to overcome a virus that had forced her out of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.