Svitolina repeats as Baku Cup champion
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ELENA Svitolina of Ukraine successfully defended her title at the Baku Cup, defeating 2012 champion Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia in the final yesterday 6-1, 7-6 (2).
The second-seeded Svitolina broke Jovanovski twice to capture the opening set in 22 minutes, then saved all three break points she faced in the second set before cruising in the tiebreaker in the Azerbaijan capital Baku. The 19-year-old Svitolina is the first teenager to win multiple WTA titles since Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova captured three at Monterrey and Istanbul in 2010 and again at Monterrey in 2011 before turning 20.
In Gstaad, Pablo Andujar of Spain won his first title in more thanq two years yesterday, beating Juan Monaco of Argentina 6-3, 7-5 in the Swiss Open final. It was the 71st-ranked Andujar’s third career title, all on claycourts. He also won at Casablanca in Morocco in 2011 and 2012.
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