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Hantuchova claims 3rd crown in Pattaya
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SLOVAKIA’S Daniela Hantuchova took the WTA Pattaya Open in southern Thailand yesterday with a gripping 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Ajla Tomljanovic.
The win is the third for Hantuchova in Pattaya, who took back-to-back titles in 2011 and 2012.
But it was far from plain sailing against a 21-year-old Croatian rival who was ranked five places above her, enjoys a ten-year age difference and took the first set 6-3.
With an early lead in the second, Tomljanovic appeared on course for a breakthrough tour win.
But a dogged Hantuchova refused to give in, clawing her way back into the game to take the set 6-3.
Both women had endured punishing three-set semifinals on Saturday, with baseliner Hantuchova prevailing over New Zealand’s Marina Erakovic, while Tomjanovic took nearly three hours to vanquish seventh-seeded Monica Puig of Puerto Rico.
The pair were again forced to slug it out in a tight third set that saw the right-handed Croat break back after dropping serve early on.
The pair then traded games as the match crept towards the two-hour mark, before another Hantuchova break saw her seal victory 6-4.
The 73rd-ranked Hantuchova recently changed coaches, taking on former Li Na and Justine Henine mentor Carlos Rodriguez.
In Antwerp, Belgium, Spanish sixth seed Carla Suarez Navarro will meet Germany’s Andrea Petkovic in the final of the WTA Diamond Games tournament after they won their semifinals in straight sets.
Suarez Navarro overpowered Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova 6-2, 6-2 while Petkovic edged another Czech, Barbora Strycova 7-6 (2), 7-6 (6).
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