China boost as Japan loses 30-year-old Tokyo event
- Published: 10 Jan 2013 at 01.45
- Online news: Asia
The hometown of China's former French Open champion Li Na was on Wednesday named as the host of a new pound sterling2 million tournament in 2014 which will replace the 30-year-old Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.
Nadia Petrova of Russia holds the champion's trophy at the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in Tokyo on September 29, 2012. The hometown of China's former French Open champion Li Na was on Wednesday named as the host of a new £2 million tournament in 2014 which will replace the 30-year-old Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.
Wuhan will stage the event in the week prior to the China Open in Beijing and will feature at least seven of the year-end top 10-ranked players.
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