Vinci outlasts Dokic for Unicef crown
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June 19, 2011, Sunday
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ITALY'S Roberta Vinci rallied from a set down to beat Jelena Dokic 6-7 (7), 6-3, 7-5 in the women's final at the Unicef Open in Den Bosch, the Netherlands, yesterday.
The victory in a closely-fought match brought Vinci her fifth WTA Tour title, but her first on grass.
"Now I'm on my way to Wimbledon," she said. "I'm a little tired after this week, but that's OK, you know: I won."
Dokic had set points twice in the first set, but Vinci held on and had one of her own in the tiebreaker before Dokic finally took it. Vinci held serve throughout the second set and capitalized on a single break point against Australian Dokic.
In the decider, Vinci broke first and had a chance to serve out the match, but Dokic broke back. Vinci went up 40-0 at 6-5 in the final game, but surrendered three points in a row before finishing.
Dokic said she was satisfied with her own performance and attributed her loss to Vinci's good back-court play and the blustery wind.
"That's the way things go sometimes," she said. "I'm happy to have reached this far and I'm looking forward to Wimbledon."
Ivan Dodig faces unseeded Dmitry Tursunov in the men's final later.
In Eastbourne, England, Marion Bartoli of France reached the final at the Aegon International yesterday with an intimidating 6-3, 6-1 victory over the seventh-seeded Australian Samantha Stosur.
She will face fifth-seeded Czech Petra Kvitova, who advanced when unseeded Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia retired with an abdominal injury with Kvitova leading 7-6 (9), 4-2.
The left-handed Kvitova is seeking her fourth WTA title of the year.
The men's final will be between third seeded Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia and the unseeded Italian Andreas Seppi. Tipsarevic defeated Kei Nishikori of Japan 6-2, 6-4 and Seppi outlasted Igor Kunitsyn 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.
The semifinals were postponed on Friday due to rain. Organizers planned to play both the semifinals and finals yesterday.
Bartoli, seeded sixth, was playing her fifth successive Eastbourne semifinal but had never before progressed to the final. The 21-year-old Frenchwoman, seeded ninth at Wimbledon this week, was always in control in the blustery conditions.
The victory in a closely-fought match brought Vinci her fifth WTA Tour title, but her first on grass.
"Now I'm on my way to Wimbledon," she said. "I'm a little tired after this week, but that's OK, you know: I won."
Dokic had set points twice in the first set, but Vinci held on and had one of her own in the tiebreaker before Dokic finally took it. Vinci held serve throughout the second set and capitalized on a single break point against Australian Dokic.
In the decider, Vinci broke first and had a chance to serve out the match, but Dokic broke back. Vinci went up 40-0 at 6-5 in the final game, but surrendered three points in a row before finishing.
Dokic said she was satisfied with her own performance and attributed her loss to Vinci's good back-court play and the blustery wind.
"That's the way things go sometimes," she said. "I'm happy to have reached this far and I'm looking forward to Wimbledon."
Ivan Dodig faces unseeded Dmitry Tursunov in the men's final later.
In Eastbourne, England, Marion Bartoli of France reached the final at the Aegon International yesterday with an intimidating 6-3, 6-1 victory over the seventh-seeded Australian Samantha Stosur.
She will face fifth-seeded Czech Petra Kvitova, who advanced when unseeded Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia retired with an abdominal injury with Kvitova leading 7-6 (9), 4-2.
The left-handed Kvitova is seeking her fourth WTA title of the year.
The men's final will be between third seeded Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia and the unseeded Italian Andreas Seppi. Tipsarevic defeated Kei Nishikori of Japan 6-2, 6-4 and Seppi outlasted Igor Kunitsyn 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.
The semifinals were postponed on Friday due to rain. Organizers planned to play both the semifinals and finals yesterday.
Bartoli, seeded sixth, was playing her fifth successive Eastbourne semifinal but had never before progressed to the final. The 21-year-old Frenchwoman, seeded ninth at Wimbledon this week, was always in control in the blustery conditions.
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