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TOKYO: Before Stephen Curry makes a single 3-pointer, before Rui Hachimura gets his first ovation from Japanese fans who came to cheer one of their own, the NBA Japan Games are already a huge win in one regard.
The red-hot world number 30 triumphed in Washington and Cleveland in August and she produced a string of giant-killing upsets in the Japanese capital on the way to another title. Samsonova beat Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina and two-time Grand Slam winner Garbine Muguruza and did not drop a set all week.
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.
Few players have ever had more of an impact on the game of tennis than Li Na.
Naomi Osaka was forced to withdraw from the Pan Pacific Open this week after struggling with stomach problems.
Naomi Osaka's title defence at her home Pan Pacific Open ended on Thursday when the former world number one withdrew ahead of her second-round match against Beatriz Haddad Maia due to abdominal pain.
Naomi Osaka’s torrid year continued as she pulled out of the Pan Pacific Open ahead of her second-round match against Beatriz Haddad Maia with illness on Thursday. The Japan Times reported the four-time Grand Slam champion was suffering from abdominal pain. Ad «I am really sorry that I am not able to compete today,» Osaka said.
Former tennis world number one Naomi Osaka pulled out of her home Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Thursday after complaining of abdominal pain.