TOKYO — High-seeded Zheng Qinwen of China claimed the Toray Pan Pacific Open with a 7-6 (5), 6-3 win over American wild card Sofia Kenin in Sunday’s ultimate to clinch her place within the WTA Finals subsequent month.
The No. 7-ranked Zheng, who received gold on the Paris Olympics, fired 16 aces and confronted a single break level all through the 1-hour, 52-minute victory in Tokyo over the 2020 Australian Open champion Kenin.
It’s the 22-year-old Zheng’s third title of the 12 months and first on exhausting court docket since profitable at Zhengzhou final 12 months. She has gone 28-4 since Wimbledon, together with a 12-2 run on the WTA’s Asian swing.
This was the 25-year-old Kenin’s greatest efficiency of the season. The American was ranked as excessive as No. 4 early in 2020, however a sequence of accidents, together with ankle and quadricep illnesses, has seen her WTA rating drop to its present 155.
The WTA Finals start in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Nov. 2.
