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Niculescu tops Cornet for title in Guangzhou
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ROMANIA’S Monica Niculescu took advantage of a dozen double-faults by Alize Cornet to beat the Frenchwoman 6-4, 6-0 to win the Guangzhou Open in south China’s Guangdong Province yesterday.
The No. 60-ranked Niculescu captured the second WTA Tour title of her career, following her win in Florianopolis last year.
The Romanian didn’t drop a set all week in Guangzhou and only lost 17 games in five matches.
The two players traded breaks throughout the tight first set before Niculescu was finally able to close it out. The second-seeded Cornet then faded in the second set, winning only four points on her serve and getting broken three times.
In Tokyo, Ana Ivanovic overcame a slow start to beat top seed Angelique Kerber 7-5, 6-3 in the semifinal of the Pan Pacific Open yesterday to set up a title clash with second seed Caroline Wozniacki.
World No. 10 Ivanovic, seeded third at the US$1 million event, was down 3-5 in the opening set but went on to win 10 of the next 13 games to seal her victory against her eighth-ranked German opponent.
“In the beginning it really took me some time to adjust to her game. It wasn’t like my previous matches,” Ivanovic said.
“But once I adjusted and got more aggressive it started to go my way, and I’m really happy with the win today because she’s always such a tough and challenging opponent.”
The win boosts the former world No. 1’s bid to qualify for the season-ending WTA Finals in Singapore as it did for her opponent in today’s final.
Wozniacki, also a former top-ranked player, came through a tough match against an aggressive Garbine Muguruza.
The Dane saved 19 of the 23 break points she faced in the match, including all nine in the first set, to win 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 against the 20-year-old Spaniard.
Ivanovic is currently No. 8 in the race for Singapore, ahead of Wozniacki, and both are leading contenders for a spot in the five places left for the event.
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