PierreC
04-30-2007, 09:15 PM
Results - Sunday, April 29, 2007
Singles - Final
(6) Gisela Dulko (ARG) d. (Q) Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 67(2) 62 62
Doubles - Final
(4) Szavay/Uhlirova (HUN/CZE) d. Müller/Navratilova (GER/CZE) 75 62
Final Facts
- Dulko earned her first career Tour singles title, having been runner-up in her first two Tour singles finals, at Hobart in 2005 (losing to Zheng) and Pattaya City earlier this year (losing to Bammer).
- Dulko is the first Argentine to win a Tour singles title since Suárez won in Canberra in 2004.
- Dulko's semifinal win over Szavay was her 200th career singles match win.
- Cirstea reached her first Tour singles final in just her third Tour event, having fallen in the first round at Stockholm last summer and in qualifying at Zürich last fall (she lost to Dulko in Zürich); she was just the second qualifier to reach a Tour singles final this season, following Bardina at Hobart.
- Cirstea is the first Romanian to reach a Tour singles final since Dragomir finished runner-up to Hingis at 's-Hertogenbosch in June 2000.
- Szavay and Uhlirova each picked up their first career Tour titles with their doubles victory; they were playing together for just the second time - in their first tournament together, they finished runner-up at the Tier II event in Doha in February (losing to Hingis and Kirilenko).
Quotes
Gisela Dulko, 2007 Gaz de France Budapest Grand Prix singles champion:
"In the end it was a really physical match. We both played long matches all week and were really tired, but I think I was just able to hang in there better at the end. It was a really tough match. This was a special week. It was very important for me to win my first title."
"I tried not to think about my other finals but at the end, in the last two or three games, I was thinking about them a little bit. It was impossible not to."
Sorana Cirstea, 2007 Gaz de France Budapest Grand Prix singles runner-up:
"I started off really well and was really happy with the first set. But after the first set I was so tired. The second and third weren't bad, but I wasn't fit enough to finish it well. I had a long week; all my matches went to three sets. But even though I lost today, I'm very happy with the result."
Singles - Final
(6) Gisela Dulko (ARG) d. (Q) Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 67(2) 62 62
Doubles - Final
(4) Szavay/Uhlirova (HUN/CZE) d. Müller/Navratilova (GER/CZE) 75 62
Final Facts
- Dulko earned her first career Tour singles title, having been runner-up in her first two Tour singles finals, at Hobart in 2005 (losing to Zheng) and Pattaya City earlier this year (losing to Bammer).
- Dulko is the first Argentine to win a Tour singles title since Suárez won in Canberra in 2004.
- Dulko's semifinal win over Szavay was her 200th career singles match win.
- Cirstea reached her first Tour singles final in just her third Tour event, having fallen in the first round at Stockholm last summer and in qualifying at Zürich last fall (she lost to Dulko in Zürich); she was just the second qualifier to reach a Tour singles final this season, following Bardina at Hobart.
- Cirstea is the first Romanian to reach a Tour singles final since Dragomir finished runner-up to Hingis at 's-Hertogenbosch in June 2000.
- Szavay and Uhlirova each picked up their first career Tour titles with their doubles victory; they were playing together for just the second time - in their first tournament together, they finished runner-up at the Tier II event in Doha in February (losing to Hingis and Kirilenko).
Quotes
Gisela Dulko, 2007 Gaz de France Budapest Grand Prix singles champion:
"In the end it was a really physical match. We both played long matches all week and were really tired, but I think I was just able to hang in there better at the end. It was a really tough match. This was a special week. It was very important for me to win my first title."
"I tried not to think about my other finals but at the end, in the last two or three games, I was thinking about them a little bit. It was impossible not to."
Sorana Cirstea, 2007 Gaz de France Budapest Grand Prix singles runner-up:
"I started off really well and was really happy with the first set. But after the first set I was so tired. The second and third weren't bad, but I wasn't fit enough to finish it well. I had a long week; all my matches went to three sets. But even though I lost today, I'm very happy with the result."