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Heather Watson knocks out Sabine Lisicki in Tokoyo

Watson knocks out Lisicki
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Heather Watson defeats world number 30 Sabine Lisicki to set up a meeting with Maria Sharapova in Japan.

Great Britain's Heather Watson moved into round two of the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo courtesy of a 6-4 7-6 victory over Sabine Lisicki earlier today.

Watson broke the world number 30 to love in the tenth game of the opening set to open up a 1-0 advantage.

The second set went to a breaker after 20-year-old Watson had twice recovered from a break down. She then opened up a 6-1 lead, before eventually serving out for a 7-3 success in 98 minutes.

Watson will now take on number two seed Maria Sharapova for a place in the next round.

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