TOKYO — Defending champion Caroline Wozniacki romped to a 6-0, 7-5 victory over Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Sunday to win her third WTA Pan Pacific Open.

The Danish former world No. 1 needed only 75 minutes to complete the rout under the Tokyo sunshine, capturing her first title of the year after losing in six finals.

Third seed Wozniacki stormed through the first set in just 22 minutes, blazing winners past a stunned Pavlyuchenkova.

The Russian saved a match point in the 10th game of the second set before Wozniacki converted on her third opportunity, the world number six fizzing a backhand pass down the line to claim her 26th career title.

“It was my seventh final this year and obviously after a while it gets harder and harder,” said Wozniacki after winning her first tournament since Hong Kong in October last year.

Wozniacki, also Tokyo winner in 2010 and runner-up in 2014, joined former greats Steffi Graf and Gabriela Sabatini with three Pan Pacific Open crowns.

Martina Hingis holds the record with five.

Wozniacki, who destroyed world No. 1 Garbine Muguruza 6-2, 6-0 in the semifinals, never gave Pavlyuchenkova a chance in their first meeting since 2012.

“The first three games were the key,” said Pavlyuchenkova, who beat former world No. 1 Angelique Kerber in the semifinals.

Ostapenko wins Korea Open

Top seed Jelena Ostapenko clinched victory at the Korea Open Sunday, defeating Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia in a closely contested three-set final.

The 20-year-old French Open champion from Latvia rallied from a set down to beat the debutante finalist 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4, in a match that lasted two hours and 15 minutes.

“I’m really happy to win my second title here and in my career,” Ostapenko said after the match.

Sunday’s win was Ostapenko’s first hardcourt title since her upset victory over third-seed Simona Halep at the French Open in June.

Fognini reaches final

Fiery Italian Fabio Fognini beat top seed Roberto Bautista Agut Saturday to reach the final at St Petersburg in his first tournament since being kicked out of the US Open.

The 30-year-old was disqualified from the doubles tournament at Flushing Meadows after launching into a sexist tirade against a female umpire during his first-round singles defeat.

Fognini saved two match points to battle past Spaniard Bautista Agut 2-6, 7-6 (9/7), 7-6 (7/5) and set up a final with Bosnian Damir Dzumhur.

World No. 55 Dzumhur had earlier seen off German Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3, 7-5 in the first semifinal.

Siniakova prevails

Katerina Siniakova beat a top-20 player for the sixth time this year when she ousted Kristina Mladenovic of France 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of the Wuhan Open Sunday.

The Czech, who has two singles titles already this year, deepened the hole occupied by Mladenovic, who lost an eighth consecutive match, all to players ranked outside the WTA top 25.

Ekaterina Makarova of Russia won nine games in a row from 4-1 down en route to beating Anastasija Sevastova 6-4, 6-2.

Also, Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine defeated Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain 6-3, 7-6 (10) to line up world No. 1 Garbine Muguruza in the next round.