Top seed Francesca Schiavone beat Yvonne Meusburger of Austria 6-1 6-4 to finally win her first WTA Tour title (the 27-year-old Italian had lost eight previous finals!). Additionally, she became the first winner of this new tournament on the WTA Tour calendar.
“A great relief … but I didn’t put pressure on myself,” world No. 31 said. “I’m a different player now and I just went out today to enjoy myself and hopefully win.”
“The match was much closer than the result shows,” said the 82nd-ranked Meusburger, who was also beaten by Schiavone in the first round of this year’s French Open. “Anyway, the final was a good experience for me and it will help me to further raise my game.”
It’s worth mentioning that the winner took home $25.840 and 140 points, while the runner-up earned $13.520 and 100 points. (source: CBS Sports Line)
