BGl BNP Paribas Luxebourg Open – Final Update 10/23/11

Written by: Staff on 23rd October 2011

BGl BNP Paribas Luxebourg Open - Final Update 10/23/11

Victoria Azarenka of Belarus hits a return to Serena Williams of the US during their third round match on the sixth day of the 2011 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA 03 September 2011. The US Open runs through 11 September 2011. EPA/JUSTIN LANE |

BGL BNP PARIBAS LUXEMBOURG OPEN

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

October 17-23, 2011

$220,000/International

Hard/Indoors

Results – Sunday, October 23, 2011

Singles – Final

(1) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Monica Niculescu (ROU) 62 62

Doubles – Final

(1) Benesova/Zahlavova Strycova (CZE/CZE) d. (2) Hradecka/Makarova (CZE/RUS) 75 63

Final Facts

– Azarenka wins her eighth WTA title (she is now 8-7 in WTA finals); it is her third WTA title of the year (after winning Miami and Marbella back-to-back in the spring).

– Azarenka didn’t lose a set en route to the title this week (her closest set came in the second set of her 62 64 first round win over Barbora Zahlavova Strycova).

– Niculescu was playing in her first WTA final; she had gone to three sets in three of her four rounds before the final (incl. being down match point in the first round).

– Benesova and Zahlavova Strycova win their ninth WTA doubles title together (they won one in 2008, one in 2009, three last year and now four this year).

– Benesova now has 13 WTA doubles titles to her name; Zahlavova Strycova now has 15.

Topics: Monica Niculescu, Victoria Azarenka