Veronika Kudermetova won the WTA 500 Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis title

Russian tennis player Veronika Kudermetova won the title at the hard court tournament WTA 500 Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis in Tokyo with a prize pool of 780,637 USD. For the Russian tennis player, the trophy is the first of the season and the second of her career.

In the final, the 8th-seeded Veronika Kudermetova defeated Jessica Pegula (USA) by 2-0 (7:5, 6:1). The match lasted an hour and 25 minutes.

The Russian led 3:0 in the first set, allowed an equalizer to 3:3, but still managed to win by 7:5. In the second set, she was more convincing and after the initial lead of 3:0, she reached a successful 6:1 against the world’s No 4 Jessica Pegula.

The victory was the second for Veronika Kudermetova over Jessica Pegula, after the one in the quarterfinals at the WTA 1000 Madrid Open. The win is the 26-year-old Russian’s fifth in her last six match with Top-10 ranked opponents.