Petra Kvitova defeated Victoria Azarenka 7-6 (7/3), 6-4 yesterday to won the ATP-WTA Madrid Masters women's title and earn herself a place in the top 10 in the world rankings
Petra Kvitova defeated Victoria Azarenka 7-6 (7/3), 6-4 yesterday to won the ATP-WTA Madrid Masters women's title and earn herself a place in the top 10 in the world rankings.
Czech Petra Kvitova returns to Belarusian Victoria Azarenka during
yesterday's Madrid Masters final. Kvitova won 7-6 (7/3), 6-4. PIC/AFP
The upset victory in one hour, 42 minutes prevented the Belarus player from winning her third title of the spring campaign after winning Miami and Marbella back-to-back.
Azarenka, ranked fifth, has been one of the form players of recent months, and still stands a respectable 19-3 on the season. "I played some of my best tennis today. This has been an amazing tournament for me," said Kvitova, the only left-hander in the top 10 and ranked 62nd a year ago.
Her resounding victory further cemented her reputation as a giant killer, with Azarenka her ninth career top 10 victim.u00a0 Kvitova dominated with 40 winners to 10 for Azarenka.
"Congratulations to Petra. She deserved to win today," said Azarenka.
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