Samantha Stosur wins Japan Open

Former US Open champion Samantha Stosur fought back from a first set loss to claim victory on Sunday against Canadian Eugenie Bouchard 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 in the Japan Women’s Open final. The 29-year-old Australian fired two aces in the first set and another in the second at the Utsubo Tennis Center in western Osaka. But she managed to defend only two of eight break points, while 19-year-old Bouchard aced once and saved eight of 15 break points. The victory in the 2-hour-and-13-minute match was the second title this year for third-seeded Stosur, who previously won the Osaka tournament in 2009. Stosur won in her only other trip to a final this year. She beat Victoria Azarenka in Carlsbad in early August.