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Morita advances to Toray Pan Pacific Open 2nd round

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Ayumi Morita acknowledges the crowd after beating Britain's Laura Robson 7-6(4), 6-3 in a first-round singles match at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Sept. 23, 2013.

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Morita advances to Toray Pan Pacific Open 2nd round

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Ayumi Morita plays a backhand to Britain's Laura Robson in a first-round singles match at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Sept. 23, 2013. Morita advanced to the second round with a 7-6(4), 6-3 victory.

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Morita at Fed Cup

MOSCOW, Russia - Japan's Ayumi Morita plays against Ekaterina Makarova of Russia in a Fed Cup World Group first-round tie in Moscow on Feb. 9, 2013. Morita won the match to pull Japan level at one rubber apiece.

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Morita knocked out at Wimbledon

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Ayumi Morita (L) exits the court after losing to China's Shuai Peng (R) 7-6(4), 6-3 in their Wimbledon women's singles second round match at the All England Club in London on June 27, 2012.

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Morita reaches 2nd round of Wimbledon

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Ayumi Morita (R) beats Australian Jarmila Gajdosova (L) at Wimbledon in England on June 25, 2012. Morita reached the second round of the women's singles at Wimbledon with a 6-4, 6-3 win.

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Morita reaches 2nd round of Wimbledon

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Ayumi Morita returns the ball during a match against Australian Jarmila Gajdosova at Wimbledon in England on June 25, 2012. Morita reached the second round of the women's singles at Wimbledon with a 6-4, 6-3 win.

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Japan beats Slovenia to reach Fed Cup playoffs

MIKI, Japan - Ayumi Morita returns the ball during a Fed Cup World Group game against Polona Hercog at Bourbon Beans Dome in Hyogo Prefecture on Feb. 5, 2012. Japan earned a spot in the Fed Cup World Group playoffs as Morita gave the country a 3-0 lead over Slovenia with a victory in the day's first reverse singles match.

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Japan beats Slovenia to reach Fed Cup playoffs

MIKI, Japan - Ayumi Morita celebrates after winning a Fed Cup World Group game against Polona Hercog at Bourbon Beans Dome in Hyogo Prefecture on Feb. 5, 2012. Japan earned a spot in the Fed Cup World Group playoffs as Morita gave the country a 3-0 lead over Slovenia with a victory in the day's first reverse singles match.

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Morita in Fed Cup meet

MIKI, Japan - Ayumi Morita plays Nastja Kolar at Bourbon Beans Dome in Hyogo Prefecture on Feb. 4, 2012, in the first-round match between Japan and Slovenia of the Fed Cup's World Group II. Morita won 2-6, 6-4, 6-3.

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Japanese pair Morita-Fujiwara at Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Australia - Ayumi Morita of Japan (L) and compatriot Rika Fujiwara (R) play against Ksenia Pervak of Kazakhstan and Sloane Stephens of the United States in the first round of the women's doubles at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Jan. 18, 2012. The Japanese pair won the match 7-6(7-4), 6-4.

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Morita loses in Japan Women's Open quarterfinals

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Ayumi Morita plays against Marion Bartoli of France in the quarterfinals of the Japan Women's Open in Osaka on Oct. 15, 2011. No. 2 seed Bartoli beat Morita 6-2. 6-1.

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Cirstea-Morita advance to 2nd round of U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Ayumi Morita of Japan (L) and Sorana Cirstea of Russia celebrate after defeating Australian pair Casey Dellacqua and Rennae Stubbs 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 in a women's doubles first-round match at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Aug. 31, 2011. Morita and Cirstea will meet Spanish pair Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez and Anabel Medina Garrigues in the second round.

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Japan's Morita at U.S. Open tennis

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Ayumi Morita plays against Laura Robson of Britain in a women's singles first round match of the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Aug. 29, 2011. Morita dropped out of the match due to right shoulder pain.

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Morita at Fed Cup

MIKI, Japan - Ayumi Morita plays against Mailen Auroux of Argentina in a Fed Cup singles match at Bourbon Beans Dome in Hyogo Prefecture on July 16, 2011. Morita beat Auroux 6-2, 6-3.

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Cirstea-Morita lose in Wimbledon

LONDON, Britain - Sorana Cirstea of Russia (L) and Ayumi Morita of Japan are seen after losing in a women's doubles third round match at the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in southwest London on June 29, 2011. Sabine Lisicki of Germany and Samantha Stosur of Australia beat them 6-4, 6-3.

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Krumm, Morita in doubles at Japan Women's Open

OSAKA, Japan - Kimiko Date Krumm (L) and Ayumi Morita play against Shuko Aoyama and Rika Fujiwara in a doubles match at the Japan Women's Open in Osaka on Oct. 13, 2010. Aoyama and Fujiwara beat Krumm and Morita 6-7, 6-3, 10-8.

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Aoyama, Fujiwara in doubles at Japan Women's Open

OSAKA, Japan - Shuko Aoyama (R) and Rika Fujiwara play against Kimiko Date Krumm and Ayumi Morita in a doubles match at the Japan Women's Open in Osaka on Oct. 13, 2010. Aoyama and Fujiwara beat Krumm and Morita 6-7, 6-3, 10-8.

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Krumm, Morita lose in 1st round doubles at Pan Pac Open

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese pair Kimiko Date Krumm (L) and Ayumi Morita lose to Gisela Dulko of Argentina and Flavia Pennetta of Italy in the women's doubles first round at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2010.

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Krumm, Morita lose in 1st round doubles at Pan Pac Open

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese pair Kimiko Date Krumm (front) and Ayumi Morita play against Gisela Dulko of Argentina and Flavia Pennetta of Italy in the women's doubles first round at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2010. Dulko and Pennetta won 6-2, 7-5.

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Japan's Morita loses in 1st round at U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Ayumi Morita loses to last year's French Open champion Francesca Schiavone of Italy 6-1, 6-0 in the first round of the U.S. Open women's singles at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Aug. 30, 2010.

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Morita knocked out of Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, England - Japan's Ayumi Morita (R) shake hands with Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia after their second-round women's singles match at the 2010 Wimbledon tennis championships at the All England Club in Wimbledon, England, on June 24, 2010. Cibulkova won 6-7(4), 7-6(2), 7-5.

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Tennis: Morita upsets Szavay at Toray Pan Pacific Open

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Ayumi Morita in action in a game against world No. 19 Agnes Szavay of Hungary in the first round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open at Ariake Tennis Forest Park in Tokyo on Sept. 16. Morita, ranked 162nd in the world, prevailed 6-7, 7-5, 6-4.

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Japan's Morita fails to make junior Wimbledon semis

WIMBLEDON, England - Japan's teenage tennis hope Ayumi Morita fails to make the girls' singles semifinals as she loses 7-6 (8-6), 6-2 to Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark in the Wimbledon Championships on July 6.

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Japan's Morita fails to make junior Wimbledon semis

WIMBLEDON, England - Japan's teenage tennis hope Ayumi Morita fails to make the girls' singles semifinals as she loses 7-6 (8-6), 6-2 to Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark in the Wimbledon Championships on July 6. (Kyodo)

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Japan readies for Belarus test in Fed Cup World Group playoff

Members of Japan's Fed Cup team (from L to R), Misaki Doi, Kurumi Nara, captain Yuka Yoshida, Shuko Aoyama and Ayumi Morita, pose for a photo at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on April 15, 2015. Japan will host Belarus in their Fed Cup World Group II playoff tie on April 18-19. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Morita loses in Japan Women's Open quarterfinals

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Ayumi Morita plays against Marion Bartoli of France in the quarterfinals of the Japan Women's Open in Osaka on Oct. 15, 2011. No. 2 seed Bartoli beat Morita 6-2. 6-1. (Kyodo)

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Aoyama, Fujiwara in doubles at Japan Women's Open

OSAKA, Japan - Shuko Aoyama (R) and Rika Fujiwara play against Kimiko Date Krumm and Ayumi Morita in a doubles match at the Japan Women's Open in Osaka on Oct. 13, 2010. Aoyama and Fujiwara beat Krumm and Morita 6-7, 6-3, 10-8. (Kyodo)

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Krumm, Morita in doubles at Japan Women's Open

OSAKA, Japan - Kimiko Date Krumm (L) and Ayumi Morita play against Shuko Aoyama and Rika Fujiwara in a doubles match at the Japan Women's Open in Osaka on Oct. 13, 2010. Aoyama and Fujiwara beat Krumm and Morita 6-7, 6-3, 10-8. (Kyodo)

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Krumm, Morita lose in 1st round doubles at Pan Pac Open

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese pair Kimiko Date Krumm (front) and Ayumi Morita play against Gisela Dulko of Argentina and Flavia Pennetta of Italy in the women's doubles first round at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2010. Dulko and Pennetta won 6-2, 7-5. (Kyodo)

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Krumm, Morita lose in 1st round doubles at Pan Pac Open

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese pair Kimiko Date Krumm (L) and Ayumi Morita lose to Gisela Dulko of Argentina and Flavia Pennetta of Italy in the women's doubles first round at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Cirstea-Morita advance to 2nd round of U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Ayumi Morita of Japan (L) and Sorana Cirstea of Russia celebrate after defeating Australian pair Casey Dellacqua and Rennae Stubbs 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 in a women's doubles first-round match at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Aug. 31, 2011. Morita and Cirstea will meet Spanish pair Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez and Anabel Medina Garrigues in the second round. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Morita loses in 1st round at U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Ayumi Morita loses to last year's French Open champion Francesca Schiavone of Italy 6-1, 6-0 in the first round of the U.S. Open women's singles at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Aug. 30, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Morita at U.S. Open tennis

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Ayumi Morita plays against Laura Robson of Britain in a women's singles first round match of the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Aug. 29, 2011. Morita dropped out of the match due to right shoulder pain. (Kyodo)

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Morita at Fed Cup

MIKI, Japan - Ayumi Morita plays against Mailen Auroux of Argentina in a Fed Cup singles match at Bourbon Beans Dome in Hyogo Prefecture on July 16, 2011. Morita beat Auroux 6-2, 6-3. (Kyodo)

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Cirstea-Morita lose in Wimbledon

LONDON, Britain - Sorana Cirstea of Russia (L) and Ayumi Morita of Japan are seen after losing in a women's doubles third round match at the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in southwest London on June 29, 2011. Sabine Lisicki of Germany and Samantha Stosur of Australia beat them 6-4, 6-3. (Kyodo)

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Morita knocked out of Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, England - Japan's Ayumi Morita (R) shake hands with Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia after their second-round women's singles match at the 2010 Wimbledon tennis championships at the All England Club in Wimbledon, England, on June 24, 2010. Cibulkova won 6-7(4), 7-6(2), 7-5. (Kyodo)

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Japan beats Slovenia to reach Fed Cup playoffs

MIKI, Japan - Ayumi Morita returns the ball during a Fed Cup World Group game against Polona Hercog at Bourbon Beans Dome in Hyogo Prefecture on Feb. 5, 2012. Japan earned a spot in the Fed Cup World Group playoffs as Morita gave the country a 3-0 lead over Slovenia with a victory in the day's first reverse singles match. (Kyodo)

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Japan beats Slovenia to reach Fed Cup playoffs

MIKI, Japan - Ayumi Morita celebrates after winning a Fed Cup World Group game against Polona Hercog at Bourbon Beans Dome in Hyogo Prefecture on Feb. 5, 2012. Japan earned a spot in the Fed Cup World Group playoffs as Morita gave the country a 3-0 lead over Slovenia with a victory in the day's first reverse singles match. (Kyodo)

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Morita in Fed Cup meet

MIKI, Japan - Ayumi Morita plays Nastja Kolar at Bourbon Beans Dome in Hyogo Prefecture on Feb. 4, 2012, in the first-round match between Japan and Slovenia of the Fed Cup's World Group II. Morita won 2-6, 6-4, 6-3. (Kyodo)

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Japanese pair Morita-Fujiwara at Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Australia - Ayumi Morita of Japan (L) and compatriot Rika Fujiwara (R) play against Ksenia Pervak of Kazakhstan and Sloane Stephens of the United States in the first round of the women's doubles at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Jan. 18, 2012. The Japanese pair won the match 7-6(7-4), 6-4. (Kyodo)