Agnieszka Radwanska beats Belinda Bencic in Tokyo final
Sunday 27 September 2015 09:01, UK
Agnieszka Radwanska claimed a second Pan Pacific Open title with a 6-2 6-2 win over Belinda Bencic in Sunday's final in Tokyo.
Radwanska ended a wait of more than a year for a WTA Tour title, the seventh seed from Poland claiming revenge on the Swiss teen after losing to Bencic in the final in Eastbourne earlier in the summer.
The 26-year-old was in dominant form after a scrappy start, taking eight games on the trot from 2-2 in the opening set to close on victory.
She ended up smashing 28 winners past Bencic and victory is enough to lift Radwanska back into the world's top 10 - she will rise from 13th to eighth when the new rankings are published and also improved her hopes of a place in the WTA Finals in Singapore.
"I'm just so, so happy I could really play my best tennis today, and this is the first tournament I've won twice, so it's definitely very special for me," Radwanska said.
"I knew I was playing one of the best players in the world, but this is the final and you just want to win, so you do whatever it takes to win every point."
"I'm just so happy to be back in that top 10. It's very, very tight now.
"There are a lot of young players coming up, so many players who deserve to be top 10, so I'm just happy I can be eight now.
"The Asia tour is key for me to go to Singapore, so I think this week I did a great job to give myself a better chance to go back there again."
