the china Qinwen Zheng won his third title of the season by defeating the American of Russian origin 7-6 (5) and 6-3 in the final of the Tokyo tournament Sofia Kenin, former world number 4 and winner of the Australian Open in 2020 who played in the Japanese capital thanks to an invitation.
Zheng broke Kenin with the power of his serve. the china, top favorite of the tournament, he amassed 16 aces and hardly gave his rival an option to break it. All in all, Kenin took the first set in a tiebreaker, but lost 5-7. In the second round everything was easier for Zheng, whose winning strokes (33) were as good as his aces.
This is the it was the second time the Chinese tennis player participated in the Pan Pacifica tournament where she has a balance of eight wins with just one loss, which she received in last year’s final against Russian Liudmila Samsonova.
Olympic champion in ParisQingwen Zheng also won this year in Palermo and will compete in the WTA Finals next month in Saudi Arabia. For Sofia Kenin, the Tokyo final marks her return to the competitive elite afterwards months out of the circuit due to injury problems and extra-sports matters.
Source: La Verdad
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