PTT PATTAYA OPEN – Final Results: Maria Kirilenko Wins

Written by: Staff on 3rd February 2013

PTT PATTAYA OPEN - Final Results: Maria Kirilenko Wins

epa03566464 Sabine Lisicki of Germany returns the ball to Maria Kirilenko of Russia during the final match at the PTT Pattaya Open tennis tournament 2013 in Pattaya, Thailand, 03 February 2013. EPA/NARONG SANGNAK |

PTT PATTAYA OPEN
Pattaya City, Thailand
January 28-February 3, 2013
$235,000/International
Hard/Outdoors

Results – Sunday, February 3, 2013
Singles – Final
(2) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) d. (5) Sabine Lisicki (GER) 57 61 76(1)

Doubles – Final
Date-Krumm/Dellacqua (JPN/AUS) d. Amanmuradova/Panova (UZB/RUS) 63 62

Final Facts
– Kirilenko wins her sixth WTA title and first since 2008; four of her titles have come in Asia – Beijing (2005), Kolkata (2007), Seoul (2008) and Pattaya City (2013).
– Kirilenko’s win-loss record in WTA finals now stands at 6-6, with all but three of these coming on hardcourts.
– Kirilenko trailed 6-5 in the final set before winning 11 of the last 12 points to break Lisicki to love and win the tie-break.
– Lisicki falls to 3-3 in WTA finals; her last final came when she won Birmingham in 2011.
– Kirilenko and Lisicki were meeting for the third time; Kirilenko now leads the head-to-head record 3-0.
– Kirilenko is projected to rise to No.13 when the new rankings are released on Monday, while Lisicki will return to the Top 40.
– Date-Krumm and Dellacqua win the title in their first WTA event together; Date-Krumm now has four career titles to her name, while Dellacqua has one.

Final Quotes

Maria Kirilenko: “I feel great – to win a title is always special, but it’s even more pleasure when you win such a tough one. It was tough. Sabine played very well. I’m very happy to win this.”

Sabine Lisicki: “I hadn’t been in a final in a while, so even though it’s a tough one to lose, I still feel very good about my week. I played some good tennis here. I was working so hard in the off-season and it’s nice to see it’s already paying off, especially since we’re just at the start of the year.”

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