19 June,2011 08:31 AM IST | | AFP
Marion Bartoli of France won the first grasscourt title of her career Saturday, defeating Czech Petra Kvitova 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 in the Eastbourne final, having played two matches in one day.
Bartoli now heads into Wimbledon, which starts on Monday, with supreme confidence after earning victory in blowy conditions and the threat of rain in two hours, 19 minutes.
The World No 9, who was the Wimbledon runner-up in 2007, losing to Serena Williams, saved seven of 10 break points while breaking Kvitova on five occasions. Her title triumph came only hours after Bartoli had played a rain-delayed semi-final held over from Friday, thrashing Australia's Samantha Stosur 6-3, 6-1.
