Yanina Wickmayer Clinches 2015 Japan Women’s Open Title

Belgium’s Yanina Wickmayer has won her fourth WTA title in Tokyo today, getting past Poland’s Magda Linette in what was a thrilling three-set final played under the Japanese sun.

The high-quality final saw Linette take the first set as Wickmayer failed to show the same dominance she had displayed in her semi-final match against Ajla Tomljanovic early into the match. After dropping the first set, Wickmayer raised her level, snatching Linette’s first possible WTA title right from under her nose.

The Japan Women’s Open trophy is Wickmayer’s fourth WTA title following tournament wins in Oeiras & Linz in 2009 and her victorious Auckland run in 2010.