Radwanska

Tokyo: Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska upset Russian fourth seed Vera Zvonareva 6-3, 6-2 to claim the biggest title of her career at the Pan Pacific Open on Saturday.

The 22-year-old, seeded ninth, started slowly when she dropped the first two games but roared back to win the next five as Zvonareva prowled the baseline muttering angrily to herself.

Once Radwanska had taken the opening set on a huge forehand down the line, she came out with all guns blazing in the second and wrapped up a dominant victory by forcing Zvonareva into another wild forehand error after just one hour and 15 minutes.

“It doesn’t matter how sore I was from a lot of tough matches,” Radwanska said. “Today was a final.” The Pole, who had come through three full-set matches in a row to win the first prize of $360,000, choked back tears of joy during an interview.                     

(Reuters)