Radwanska overpowers Zvonareva to lift Tokyo title

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TOKYO, (Reuters): 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 at the $2.05 million event, 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.

“It was the perfect match,” Radwanska said in a courtside interview. “It doesn’t matter how sore I was from a lot of tough matches. Today was a final. “If you don’t play high percentage and your best against Vera you have no chance,” Radwanska added after winning her sixth career title and second of 2011. “I was very focused from start to finish.”