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No. 3 seed Diana Shnaider held off a problem from Canada’s Leylah Fernandez en path to a 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 victory and the title on the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Sunday.
Shnaider, of Russia, had a 4-0 lead within the second set earlier than Fernandez received seven of the ultimate eight video games to ship the match to a deciding third set earlier than profitable in two hours, 18 minutes.
It was the sixth tour match championship for Shnaider and her first of the season. Shnaider, 22, has received six consecutive finals after dropping her first profession championship on the Ningbo Open in China in 2023.
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Harriet Dart rallied from a set again to win her first WTA Tour singles title, defeating Lilli Tagger of Austria 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in China.
Dart, ranked No. 115 on the planet, misplaced serve on the primary sport of the match however regained the break level to tie the primary set at 4-4. Tagger, who received 4 of eight break possibilities, then broke Dart’s serve to go up 5-4 after which take the set.
The second set stayed on serve till Dart, a 30-year-old Brit, broke the gridlock with a break to go up 5-3 after which serve for the match, which lasted two hours, 16 minutes.
–Field Level Media