TOKYO: Held together by sticky tape and a fierce will to win, top seed Monica Seles grunted and grimaced her way to a 7-5, 5-7, 6-1 victory over Ai Sugiyama at the Pan Pacific Open yesterday.
The former world number one, who sprained her left ankle during her second-round defeat to little-known Czech Klara Koukalova at the Australian Open, squandered four match points with Sugiyama serving at 4-5 in the second set.
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