WTA (Sat. 06/22): UNICEF Open Results

Written by: on 23rd June 2012
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WTA (Sat. 06/22): UNICEF Open Results  |

UNICEF OPEN

‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

June 17-23, 2012

$220,000/International

Grass/Outdoors

Results – Saturday, June 23, 2012

Singles – Final

(8) Nadia Petrova (RUS) d. (Q) Urszula Radwanska (POL) 64 63

Doubles – Final

(1) Errani/Vinci (ITA/ITA) d. (2) Kirilenko/Petrova (RUS/RUS) 64 36 119 (Match TB)

Final Facts

– Petrova wins the 11th WTA title of her career and her first on grass.

– Petrova’s win-loss record in finals now stands at 11-11, and 1-1 on grass, having finished as runner up at Eastbourne in 2008.

– Petrova did not drop a set en route to the title, thus becoming just the third player in the tournament’s 17-year history to achieve this feat.

– Radwanska was appearing in her first WTA final; her previous best result was a semifinal finish last year in Tashkent.

– Petrova’s victory sees her rise to No.20 in the rankings and return to the Top 20 for the first time since last March; Radwanska, meanwhile, rises to a career-best No.54.

– Errani and Vinci win their 12th doubles title together and a WTA-leading seventh of the season; they both now have 15 WTA doubles titles to their names.

– Errani and Vinci have now won 23 straight matches, the longest since Montalvo and Suárez’s 23-match win streak between 1999 and 2000.

Final Quotes

Nadia Petrova: “I must say I’m happy to win today in straight sets. The beginning of the match was a little bit rusty – I lost my serve, even though I was 40-0 up. That put me in a little bit of an uncomfortable situation. But I really controlled my emotions well and broke back to get into the match.”

Urszula Radwanska: “Nadia was playing amazing today. She served so well and I really couldn’t do much – she didn’t let me play my game. But I was excited to be in my first WTA final and I hope my next final will be coming soon!”








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