Ayumi Morita

is a Japanese female tennis player. She reached her career-high ranking of 42nd in the world on June 6, 2011 and is currently the highest ranked Japanese player in the world at World No. 46, the seventh overall in Asia. At Junior level, she reached a ...  

Japanese ace, Ayumi Morita, stuns the sixth seed, Marina Erakovic from New Zealand, with a breadstick at the Internationaux de Strasbourg 2012 on Tuesday. She joggled up a 6-1, 6-3 victory against the top Kiwi to charge into the pre-quarters at this WTA ...  

Panova will play Lucie Hradecka in the second round after the Czech beat Mandy Minella 7-6 6-2. Erakovic, meanwhile, was dumped out of the competition by Ayumi Morita of Japan as the New Zealander recorded just four games in the two sets. Morita faces ...  

Kimiko Date-Krumm teamed up with Rika Fujiwara to beat Ysaline Bonaventure and van Uytvanck 6-2, 6-4 in the doubles to wind up the two-day competition. On Saturday, veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm, former world number four, defeated Hendler 6-1, 6-4 to make it ...  

Morita also departed the main draw in Miami in round one, retiring whilst 6-3, 2-6, 3-0 down against Garbine Muguruza Blanco. If Morita is fully fit, this could turn out to be an exciting clash. Safarova might just be low on confidence after her defeat in Miami.  

Yet Ayumi Morita and Kimiko Date-Krumm managed to change gears and win all four, putting Japan on the verge of returning to the Fed Cup's World Group. Morita defeated a gritty Alison Van Uytvanck 6-4, 6-4 in the opening singles before Date-Krumm topped ...  

Japan have secured promotion to the Fed Cup World Group for 2012 after taking an unbeatable 3-0 lead in their playoff with Belgium. Japan qualified for the Fed Cup's top-tier World Group when Ayumi Morita beat Belgium's Tamaryn Hendler 7-5 6-2 in Sunday's ...  

TOKYO - Ayumi Morita and Kimiko Date-Krumm gave Japan a 2-0 lead over Belgium with two singles wins on Saturday in a play-off tie for the Fed Cup tennis World Group. The 22-year-old Morita, ranked 83rd in the world, secured a 6-4, 6-4 win over teenager ...  

Ayumi Morita and Kimiko Date-Krumm both won in straight sets on Saturday as Japan took a 2-0 lead over Belgium in a Fed Cup World Group playoff. Morita beat Alison Van Uytvanck 6-4, 6-4 in the first match and Date-Krumm overpowered Tamaryn Hendler 6-1 ...  

TOKYO: Ayumi Morita secured a berth in the Fed Cup World Group next season when she defeated Tamaryn Hendler to give Japan an insurmountable 3-0 lead over Belgium on Sunday.  

Ayumi Morita clinched victory for Japan with a 7-5, 6-2 triumph over Belgium's Tamaryn Hendler in the opening reverse singles match of their Fed Cup World Group playoff on Sunday. Morita's win at Ariake Colosseum gave the host nation an unassailable 3-0 lead and assured a return to the eight-nation World Group in 2013. Japan last played in the World Group in 2007.  

Ayumi Morita secured a berth in the Fed Cup World Group next season when she defeated Tamaryn Hendler to give Japan an insurmountable 3-0 lead over Belgium on Sunday.It will be the first time since 2007 that Japan will return to the elite eight-team World Group.The 22-year-old Morita, who gave Japan a 1-0 lead by beating teenager Alison van Uytvanck in the opener on Saturday, notched up a 7-5, 6-2 victory over Hendler, Belgium's top player...