Kirilenko captures the Sunfeast Open
Maria Kirilenko Sunday routed Mariya Koryttseva, 6-0, 6-2, to win the final of the Sunfeast Open at Kolkata, India.
The fourth-seeded Kirilenko needed only 67 minutes to get her first title since winning at Beijing two years ago. She dominated the first set, winning 27 of the 40 points played, and it was 2-2 in the second before the 20-year-old Kirilenko won the final four games to put the match in the victory column.
“The score looked easy but I had to play well," Kirilenko said. "I served well, ran well, hit my ground strokes well. Everything was just working and physically I felt really good. I’m thrilled to have played so well in the final.”
Kirilenko -- whose best previous finishes this season were a pair of quarterfinal losses in San Diego and Los Angeles -- earned a first prize of $25,855.
Koryttseva, from Ukraine, had never won a WTA singles match before this week. // Copyright 2007 by United Press International
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