Lindsay Davenport rode her booming serve to victory on Sunday in the final of the $1.18 million Toray Pan Pacific Open, downing defending champion Martina Hingis 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 6-2 before a crowd of 7,523 at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.
Davenport, the world No. 2 and second seed, blasted down 14 aces to knock world No. 1 Hingis off her stride, while the "Swiss Miss" didn't exactly help her cause by committing a surprising 10 double-faults.
Davenport called it "a very tough match." The American, who won here in 1998 when she defeated Hingis 6-3, 6-3, added: "This court is very fast and I thought my best chance was to serve well, otherwise I'd be in trouble."
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