Agnieszka Radwanska won the pan pacific open!

Tokyo, Japan (Sports Network) - Agnieszka Radwanska defeated fourth-seeded Vera Zvonareva 6-3, 6-2, to win the $2.05 million Pan Pacific Open tennis event. The 22-year-old, ninth-seeded Radwanska earned her second title of the year in as many finals appearances. Both victories came over Zvonareva, as she also defeated the 2010 Wimbledon and U.S. Open runner-up in Carlsbad back in August. The Pole notched her sixth career title in her eighth career final.

Radwanska won her first singles title in three years when she beat Zvonareva in Carlsbad, Calif., in August. The Polish star also beat the...

Vera Zvonareva advance to finals at the Pan Pacific Open!

TOKYO -- Vera Zvonareva staged a remarkable turnaround to beat Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova 7-6 (2), 6-0 on Friday and advance to the final at the Pan Pacific Open. The fourth-seeded Russian took advantage of a collapse by Kvitova, who held a comfortable 5-1 lead in the first set before Zvonareva stormed back to make it 5-5, breaking her opponent three times. Both players then held serve to force the tiebreaker. The second set was all Zvonareva, who broke the fifth-seeded Czech three times to close out the match in 1 hour, 30 minutes.



"If I knew what happened I would tell you," Kvitova said. "I don't know what happened. At 5-1, I just didn't play my game and she came back and played much better than me. The first...

Vera Zvonareva cruised to semifinals in the Pan Pacific Open!

TOKYO -- Second-seeded Maria Sharapova was eliminated from the Pan Pacific Open on Thursday when she was forced to retire because of an injury in the first set of her quarterfinal match against Petra Kvitova. With her Czech opponent leading 4-3 in the first set, Sharapova twisted her left ankle when serving in the eighth game. She limped to her chair and pulled out after speaking with her trainer. "I hit a serve and then landed awkwardly on my left ankle," said Sharapova, who went to a hospital for an MRI. "I felt a sharp pain and next thing I knew I was on the floor. It swelled up immediately and I knew there was no way I could continue."

Kvitova will now face fourth-ranked Vera Zvonareva of Russia, who defeated Maria Kirilenko6-3, 6-3, in Friday's semifinals. "Maria is a great player and a great fighter, and...