WTA – Katowice (Sun): Vinci Beats Kvitova For Title

Written by: Staff on 14th April 2013

WTA - Katowice (Sun): Vinci Beats Kvitova For Title

epa03662147 Italy's Roberta Vinci celebrates after beating Czech Republic's Petra Kvitova in their final match at the WTA BNP Paribas Katowice Open tennis tournament in Katowice, Poland, 14 April 2013. Vinci won 7-6 (7-2) and 6-1. EPA/ANDRZEJ GRYGIEL POLAND OUT |

BNP PARIBAS KATOWICE OPEN

Katowice, Poland

April 8-14, 2013

$235,000/International

Red Clay/Indoors

Results – Sunday, April 14, 2013

Singles – Final

(2) Roberta Vinci (ITA) d. (1) Petra Kvitova (CZE) 76(2) 61

Doubles – Final

Arruabarrena/Domínguez Lino (ESP/ESP) d. Olaru/Solovyeva (ROU/RUS) 64 75

Final Facts

– Vinci wins her eighth WTA title, her first seven coming at Bogotá in 2007, Barcelona in 2009, Luxembourg in 2010, Barcelona, ‘s-Hertogenbosch and Budapest in 2011 and Dallas in 2012; she is now 8-1 in WTA finals.

– Vinci’s win over the No.8-ranked Kvitova was her ninth Top 10 win.

– Vinci is projected to move from her current career-high of No.13 to a new career-high of No.12 now.

– Kvitova is still a very strong 10-3 in WTA finals.

– Arruabarrena and Domínguez Lino win their first WTA doubles title together; Arruabarrena wins her first WTA doubles title while Domínguez Lino wins her sixth.

Final Quotes

Vinci: “I played a really good game today. Petra was playing very well and very aggressively in the first set, getting a lot of first serves in, but I stayed with her and won the tie-break, and things were better in the second set, probably because she was a little bit tired. But everything was working for me all week. I’m happy I was able to beat such a tough opponent and win this title.”

Kvitova: “It was a very tough match against Roberta today. I started pretty slowly at the beginning of the match and I was always the second player on the court because she was dictating everything out there – she plays very well on the clay. I also felt a little bit without energy. But she was the better player on the court for sure and she really deserved to win the title today.”