PierreC
08-08-2007, 07:52 AM
Results - Sunday, August 5, 2007
Singles - Final
(2) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. (8) Vera Dushevina (RUS) 61 61
Doubles - Final (played Saturday)
(1) Medina Garrigues/Ruano Pascual (ESP/ESP) d. C.Chan/Luzhanska (TPE/UKR) 61 57 106
Final Facts
- Radwanska captured her first career Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles title in her first final; her previous best results were one semifinal (2006 Luxembourg) and three quarterfinals (2006 Warsaw, 2007 Istanbul, 2007 Palermo).
- Radwanska did not drop a set all week and in fact lost just 20 games in five matches, tying her for least games lost during a Tour singles title run so far this year (with Hingis, who lost 20 games in four matches at Tokyo [Pan Pacific]).
- Radwanska is the first Polish player in history to win a Tour singles title.
- Dushevina is now 0-2 lifetime in Tour singles finals, having finished runner-up at 2005 Eastbourne (to Clijsters).
- Medina Garrigues and Ruano Pascual were playing their fourth Tour doubles final of the year as a team, having finished runners-up at Hobart, Amelia Island and 's-Hertogenbosch.
- The Nordea Nordic Light Open was in its sixth staging, with former champions being Kuznetsova (2002), Smashnova (2003), Molik (2004), Srebotnik (2005) and Zheng (2006).
Singles - Final
(2) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. (8) Vera Dushevina (RUS) 61 61
Doubles - Final (played Saturday)
(1) Medina Garrigues/Ruano Pascual (ESP/ESP) d. C.Chan/Luzhanska (TPE/UKR) 61 57 106
Final Facts
- Radwanska captured her first career Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles title in her first final; her previous best results were one semifinal (2006 Luxembourg) and three quarterfinals (2006 Warsaw, 2007 Istanbul, 2007 Palermo).
- Radwanska did not drop a set all week and in fact lost just 20 games in five matches, tying her for least games lost during a Tour singles title run so far this year (with Hingis, who lost 20 games in four matches at Tokyo [Pan Pacific]).
- Radwanska is the first Polish player in history to win a Tour singles title.
- Dushevina is now 0-2 lifetime in Tour singles finals, having finished runner-up at 2005 Eastbourne (to Clijsters).
- Medina Garrigues and Ruano Pascual were playing their fourth Tour doubles final of the year as a team, having finished runners-up at Hobart, Amelia Island and 's-Hertogenbosch.
- The Nordea Nordic Light Open was in its sixth staging, with former champions being Kuznetsova (2002), Smashnova (2003), Molik (2004), Srebotnik (2005) and Zheng (2006).