Victoria Azarenka cruises into last-16 in Pan Pacific Open

By Liu Shiwen

TOKYO, Japan (TheSportsNEXT) September 25, 2012: World number one Victoria Azarenka needed only 63 minutes to win her second round match at the Pan Pacific Open on Tuesday.

Azarenka defeated Tamira Paszek of Austria by 6-1 6-1 to enter the third round of the tournament.

In another match, Li Na of China shrugged off a nasty cough to defeat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia by 7-5 4-6 6-2.

Sara Errani of Italy also enjoyed victorious day in Tokyo as she got the better of Johanna Larsson of Sweden by 6-3 7-6 to set date with Marion Bartoli of France who beat Julia Goerges of Germany by 6-2 7-5.