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Chinese teen Zheng Qinwen powers into first WTA final in Tokyo

Pan Pacific Open after a battling 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) win over Veronika Kudermetova. The 19-year-old Zheng, who knocked out top seed Paula Badosa earlier this week in Tokyo to underline her rich potential, faces Russia's Liudmila Samsonova in the final. The unseeded Zheng was ranked outside the top 150 this time last year but she has since risen to 36 and made the world sit up and take notice with a string of impressive performances.

In-form Samsonova surges into Tokyo final

Russia's giant-killing Liudmila Samsonova powered into the final of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Saturday with a 7-6 (7/4), 6-2 win over China's Zhang Shuai.

Garbine Muguruza 'not scared' after latest exit in Tokyo

Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Friday. The number three seed lost 6-4, 6-2 to Russia's Liudmila Samsonova to continue a dismal run of results this year for the two-time Grand Slam champion. Muguruza has not managed to string together more than two wins at a tournament and fell out of the world top 10 earlier this month.

Struggling Osaka aiming to break slump as Pan Pacific Open returns

Struggling Naomi Osaka admitted Monday that she had gone through "more down than up" this year as she tries to break out of her slump at her home Pan Pacific Open this week.

Naomi Osaka admits she found it "hard" plummeting down world rankings

Tennis star Naomi Osaka has admitted she found it “hard” to plummet down the world rankings.

Struggling Naomi Osaka aiming to break slump as Pan Pacific Open returns

Pan Pacific Open this week. The former world number one and four-time Grand Slam champion has plummeted to 48 in the women's tennis world rankings after a wretched run that has seen her crash out in the first round of her last three tournaments. The Japanese 24-year-old has not won a title since last year's Australian Open and has been hampered this season with injury.

Katerina Siniakova outlasts Elena Rybakina in marathon to take Portoroz title

Kazakhstan's Rybakina, ranked 25th in the world and the last remaining seed in this hard court tournament, raced to a 5-0 lead in the first set but needed a tiebreak after Czech Siniakova fought back. Rybakina was a break up at 4-3 in the second set, but Siniakova again fought back and this time took the tiebreak with her third set point.

Elena Rybakina sweeps past Ana Bogdan into Portoroz WTA final

The 25th-ranked Kazakh eased through 6-1, 6-1 against the 65th-ranked Romanian to reach her third final of the season. Rybakina lost the final in Adelaide to Australian Ashleigh Barty, before her surprise Grand Slam success in July against Ons Jabeur at Wimbledon.

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Chinese teen Zheng Qinwen powers into first WTA final in Tokyo

In-form Samsonova surges into Tokyo final

Garbine Muguruza 'not scared' after latest exit in Tokyo

Struggling Osaka aiming to break slump as Pan Pacific Open returns

Naomi Osaka admits she found it "hard" plummeting down world rankings

Struggling Naomi Osaka aiming to break slump as Pan Pacific Open returns

Katerina Siniakova outlasts Elena Rybakina in marathon to take Portoroz title

Elena Rybakina sweeps past Ana Bogdan into Portoroz WTA final