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Ana Ivanovic
secured her fourth WTA title of the year in Tokyo on Sunday (AP)
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Ana Ivanovic ensured 2014 will be
the best year of her career to date after beating Caroline Wozniacki in the
final of the Toray Pan Pacific Open.
The third-seeded Ivanovic won 17
points in a row to claim the first set and then battled back from 3-1 down in
the second to take the victory 6-2 7-6 (7/2) against US Open runner-up
Wozniacki, who was seeded second here.
Ivanovic's triumph means the Serbian
has won four WTA titles this year - beating her previous record of three titles
in 2007 and 2008 - while she has also now won 52 matches in 2014, also a new
personal record for a season.
Ivanovic said on wtatennis.com:
"Caroline played a great match today. It was a really good battle out
there - there were some very tough moments, especially in the second set.
"But I just tried to take it
one point at a time, and I'm really happy to make it through. It's just an
amazing feeling to win this title."
The Serbian's win in Japan also
takes her a step closer to qualifying for the WTA Finals, with this victory set
to see the 26-year-old former world number one climb from eighth spot to fifth
in the Road to Singapore leaderboard.
"I'm really happy that this is
one step closer to the WTA Finals in Singapore," said Ivanovic, who needs
to be among the top eight to qualify for the tournament.
"It's coming close and everything's on the
line."
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