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Heather Watson misses out in Wuhan Open qualifying

Heather Watson plays a backhand during her first round singles match against Maryna Zanevska
Image: Heather Watson has come up short in Wuhan

British No 2 Heather Watson missed out on a place in the main draw of the Wuhan Open after losing in the final round of qualifying.

Watson was beaten 6-1 4-6 6-4 by world No 91 Ons Jabeur despite being a break up in the deciding set.

Her exit means that Johanna Konta is the only British representative in China and the fifth seed has a bye in the first round.

Meanwhile, in Tokyo, defending champion Caroline Wozniacki crushed new world No 1 Garbine Muguruza 6-2 6-0 to reach the final of the Pan Pacific Open.

Caroline Wozniacki in action against Lucie Safarova in Miami
Image: Caroline Wozniacki has been in fine form in Tokyo

The Dane broke the top-seeded Spaniard's opening service game and repeated the feat twice more to cruise through the first set before closing out the match in less than a hour.

In Sunday's final, Wozniacki will face Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who withstood a spirited rally from Angelique Kerber before prevailing 6-0 6-7 6-4.

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