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Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Saturday Tennis Results |
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DUBAI
DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Dubai, UAE February 18-23, 2013
$2,000,000/Premier Hard/Outdoors
Results
- Saturday, February 23, 2013
Singles - Final
(6) Petra Kvitova (CZE) d. (5) Sara Errani (ITA) 62 16 61
Doubles - Final
Mattek-Sands/Mirza (USA/IND) d. (2) Petrova/Srebotnik
(RUS/SLO) 64 26 107 (Match TB)
Final Facts - Kvitova wins her 10th WTA title
and first of 2013. - Kvitova's win-loss record in WTA
finals now stands at 10-2; eight of her 10 titles have
come at Grand Slam or Premier-level tournaments. -
Kvitova's five opponents en route to the title
(Hantuchova, Ivanovic, Radwanska, Wozniacki and Errani)
were all current or former members of the Top 10; apart
from the final, she won all her matches in straight
sets. - Errani falls to 6-6 in WTA finals, having
also finished as runner-up in Paris [Indoors] earlier
this year. - Kvitova improves her head-to-head record
against Errani to 4-0. - Kvitova is projected to rise
to No.7 when the new rankings are released on Monday,
while Errani will fall to No.8. - Mattek-Sands and
Mirza win their fourth WTA title together; Mattek-Sands
now has 12 career titles to her name, while Mirza has
16.
Final Quotes Petra Kvitova: "I knew
I had to keep fighting for every ball, because she was
really on fire in the second set and continued that in
the third too. I was just thinking to not give up and
just fight for every point. When it was 2-1 and she
missed a volley, and I think that was a turning point
for me. I just tried to stay positive and just play."
Sara Errani: "In the beginning she was hitting so strong and
making winners from everywhere, so I had to change
something. I tried to go to the net more and be more
aggressive, and that's it - from the baseline she was
playing unbelievable and it was very tough. I had
chances in the third. If I got to 2-all there would be
more pressure on her to close the match, but it was 4-1,
5-1, and then it was very easy for her."
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