Japan fights to save Pan Pacific after China switch
- Published: 10 Jan 2013 at 17.45
- Online news: Sports
Organisers of Japan's premier tennis tournament said Thursday they have not given up hope of remaining on the women's world tour, despite being supplanted by a new event in China on the 2014 calendar.
A shadow shows Maria Sharapova of Russia as she hits a return to Julia Goerges of Germany during their third round singles match at the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in Tokyo on September 28, 2011. Organisers of Japan's premier tennis tournament said they have not given up hope of remaining on the women's world tour, despite being supplanted by a new event in China on the 2014 calendar.
The Women's Tennis Association said on Wednesday that Wuhan, the home town of China's former French Open champion Li Na, will replace Tokyo's 30-year-old Pan Pacific Open as one of the tour's high-ranking "Premier 5" events.
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