Former world number one Venus Williams overpowered ailing top seed Victoria Azarenka 6-2 6-4 with ruthless efficiency to reach the last 16 of the Pan Pacific Open yesterday. <img alt="Venus Williams" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/sep/Venus-Williams.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 711px;" /> Venus Williams returns to Victoria Azarenka in the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo yesterday. Pic/AFP The seven-times grand slam champion showed glimpses of her gunslinging best under the Tokyo floodlights against a grimacing Azerenka, who spent much of the match bending over her racquet between points and tugging sharply on her purple top in frustration. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve sat through two US Open finals between her and Serena and you could tell from the first game she wasn&rsquo;t herself,&rdquo; Williams told reporters. &ldquo;It was definitely hard to concentrate because you sort of feel bad. I don&rsquo;t know what was bothering her but I just hope she feels better.&rdquo; Azarenka, beaten by Serena Williams in the US Open final earlier this month in a repeat of the 2012 championship match in New York, had a large fan brought courtside to try to cool off at changeovers. But such was her obvious discomfort she failed to threaten Williams. The 24-year-old Belarusian threw several tantrums as she repeatedly wafted shots off target or into the net. &ldquo;I haven&rsquo;t been able to practise for three days and I didn&rsquo;t sleep at all last night,&rdquo; said Azarenka. &ldquo;I felt hot, then cold. Maybe I ate something bad but it&rsquo;s been getting worse,&rdquo; added the world number two, who complained of having eaten some bad sushi after a quarter-final exit from the USD 2.3 million event last year.u00a0

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