Zarina diyas conquer's of the 2017 Japan Women's Open title

TOKYO, Japan
Zarina Diyas claimed her first WTA title on Sunday, beating home favorite Miyu Kato 6-2, 7-5 to take the Japan Women's Open crown in Tokyo.

The 23-year-old has displayed impressive form all week, accounting for second seed Zhang Shuai and eighth seed - and compatriot - Yulia Putintseva - before beating holder Christina McHale in Saturday's semifinal.

Christina mcHale vs Zarina Diyas. 2017 Japan Women's Open final

TOKYO, Japan
Christina McHale's hopes of retaining her Japan Women's Open title were ended at the semifinal stage on Saturday as she was beaten by Kazakhstani qualifier Zarina Diyas 6-4, 0-6, 6-3.

Diyas, having already beaten eighth seed Yulia Putintseva and second seed Zhang Shuai to make the last four, continued her fine form as she surged to the opening set despite being broken in her first game by the American.

Kristina Mladenovic out of the Japan women's open tennis Tokio

Croatia's Jana Fett pulled off a shock as she knocked top seed Kristina Mladenovic out of the Japan Women's Open, beating her 6-4, 6-3.

Japan women's open tennis Tokio. Tournament info

LEVEL: International

CITY: TOKYO

COUNTRY:  JAPAN

PRIZE MONEY: $226,750

DATE:  Sep 11 Sep 17, 2017

SURFACE: Hard

SINGLES DRAW SIZE: 32

DOUBLES DRAW SIZE: 16

Yanina Wickmayer conquers Japan Title. apan Women's Open Tennis 2015

Yanina Wickmayer battled back from a set and a break down to beat WTA Rising Star Magda Linette and win her first WTA title since 2010 at the Japan Women's Open Tennis. 

 After sending the last two seeds remaining packing in the semifinals, Wickmayer beating No.7 seed Ajla Tomljanovic and Linette outdoing No.6 seed Christina McHale, an all-unseeded final was set - and it was Linette who came out stronger, building a 6-4, 2-0 lead, seemingly headed for a straight set win. "The first set wasn't great for me," Wickmayer said. "I was making too many unforced errors and going for too much. I think I was trying to play too nicely, too pretty. Winning doesn't always have to be pretty. And I also really wanted to win today, so maybe I was a little bit nervous there in the beginning.
" Wickmayer steadied herself in a big way from there, though, winning 12 of the next 16 games to prevail over Linette, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, breaking one last time at love to wrap it up in just over two hours. "From the second set I was trying to rally and make her play, make her win the points," the Belgian said. "It wasn't my best match of the tournament, but it was efficient, and that's what matters.

JAPAN WOMEN'S OPEN TENNIS TOKYO, JAPAN SEP 14 - SEP 20, 2015

TOURNAMENT INFO 
TIER: International 
PRIZE MONEY: $226,750 
SURFACE: Hard 
DIRECTOR: Mr. Ichiro Nakanishi 

Coming during the first week of the WTA calendar's Far East leg in the fall is the Japan Women's Open Tennis at Osaka's Utsubo Tennis Center. 
 Samantha Stosur, who two years later would triumph at the US Open, captured the inaugural edition in 2009 and became the tournament's first two-time champion in 2013 and three-time champion in 2014. The event made headlines in 2010 for featuring the oldest-known final in WTA history, with then-33-year-old Tamarine Tanasugarn beating 40-year-old Japanese native Kimiko Date-Krumm. 
And at the 2012 staging, Heather Watson became the first British WTA titlist since Sara Gomer won Aptos in 1988. A significant cultural center located in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu and its third-largest city by population, Osaka functions as one of the country's economic command hubs.