Wozniacki beats Dementieva to win Pan Pacific Open

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TOKYO, Japan, Oct 2 (AFP): World number two Caroline Wozniacki saw off Elena Dementieva in a tough battle to win the Pan Pacific Open women's tennis tournament on Saturday.
The Danish top seed, who crashed out in her opening matches in her previous two visits to Tokyo, made it third time lucky with a 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory over the Beijing Olympic gold medallist from Russia.
"I knew it's going to be a tough match. We always have tough matches, but right now I'm just so happy, I won another tournament, my 11th, so I'm really happy to be in Japan," said Wozniacki.
Seventh seed Dementieva got off to a flying start, racing to a 4-0 first set lead with an array of winners from the baseline.
By contrast Wozniacki failed to hit a single winner from the baseline and had to wait until Dementieva mishit a shot in the fifth game to hold for 1-4.
Wozniacki saved two set points in the fifth game before double faulting to lose the set.