Naomi Osaka ended her 8-month long title drought by winning Pan Pacific Open in Japan on September 22. This is her 2nd trophy of year, after winning Grand Slam in Australia in January. Previously, she h won US Open in 2018. Naomi secured her win in just over an hour against Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (6-2, 6-3).

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Third Time's a Charm

This was her third attempt at finals at tournament.  world number 4 finished runner-up in 2016 and 2018. In her two previous Pan Pacific finals, Osaka lost to Caroline Wozniacki and Karolina Pliskova in Tokyo in 2016 and 2018, respectively. Third time has proved to be lucky for Osaka.

21-year-old was born in Osaka. It is her first title in country of her birth. She has w become first Japanese player to win Pan Pacific title since Kimiko Date in 1995.

Naomi Osaka h a comfortable victory and dominated court right from 1st set. She broke Pavlyuchenkova's serve twice and raced into a 3-0 le early on, taking  opening set in 31 minutes. reafter in 2nd set, Osaka broke her serve once and maintained her streak and secured an easy win. need for a third set didn't arise.

world number four said: "This is city where I was born and that gave me a lot of power to play match after match.

This victory avenged Osaka's defeat to Pavlyuchenkova en route  2017 Hong Kong Open title, when Russian beat her. 

After securing her victory in semi-final against Elise Mertens of Belgium, Osaka h proclaimed her comfort on hard courts.

She said, "I kw that a hard court is where I feel most comfortable."

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Parted ways with Coach

A week ago, Naomi Osaka h parted ways with her coach Jermaine Jenkins within a span of 7 months after her defeat in 4th round of US Open. Osaka has t reached a tournament final since she partnered up with Jenkins after abruptly ending her association with Sascha Bajin.

Prior to that, Naomi h been defeated early in US Open which h seen her drop in world rankings, bringing her to fourth position, with Ashleigh Barty claiming top spot, Karolina Pliskova at second rank and Elina Svitolina at third rank in Women's Tennis Association.

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