Simona Halep defeated Roberta Vinci with a comfortable 6-1, 6-3 win to take the inaugural Bucharest Open title in Romania.
Roared on by a partisan crowd in her home country, Halep dictated proceedings from start to finish to secure the title in just 68 minutes.
Halep, the top seed and World No. 3, has now won eight titles in the last two years.
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Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria defeated Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic 7-6(2), 6-1 to win the BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy. This is Dimitrov’s second title of the year, and third of his career. Rosol was defending the trophy. The men traded breaks in the first set, which was very competitive and decided in a tiebreak, that was less so. Rosol won only two points. Dimitrov took over the match from there, running away with the second set. When the rankings come out tomorrow, the Bulgarian will regain his previous career-high mark at No. 14.
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