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Posted: Wed 22:23, 06 Nov 2013 Post subject: stopped Lisicki 5-7 |
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Maria Kirilenko beats Sabine Lisicki for WTA's PTT Pattaya Open title
PATTAYA, Thailand, Feb. 3 () -- Maria Kirilenko won a third-set tiebreaker Sunday in defeating Sabine Lisicki and winning the WTA's PTT Pattaya Open tennis tournament in Thailand.Kirilenko, the No. 2 seed, stopped Lisicki 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (7-1) for her sixth WTA title but first since a win in Seoul in 2008.Sunday's win broke a string of four consecutive losses in finals appearances -- a run that included a runner-up finish at Pattaya last year -- for Kirilenko. She is 6-6 in WTA title matches. Lisicki slipped to 3-3 in tournament finals.Lisicki, seeded fifth, took a tight first set with a late break but Kirilenko evened the match by winning about two-thirds of the points -- including all three of her break chances -- in the second.Kirilenko continued her strong play in the third set, building leads of 3-0 and 5-2 but Lisicki breaks in the ninth and 11th game put her up 6-5. Kirilenko responded with a break at love, forcing the tiebreaker.Kirilenko took the first two points in the tiebreaker and, after Lisicki won one, ran off five straight points to even the match.Kirilenko collected $40,[url=http://www.ksacinc.com/cheapgucci/?]gucci outlet online[/url],000 along with the title and Lisicki's runner-up check was for $20,000.
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