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  • Svitolina Defends Title in Baku

    Svitolina Defends Title in Baku

    Elina Svitolina

    Elena Svitolina of Ukraine defeated Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia in the final in Azerbaijan on Sunday 6-1, 7-6(2).

    The second-seeded Svitolina, ranked No. 38, took the opening set in 22 minutes, breaking the Serbian twice, and won the second set tiebreak at 2.  Svitolina, 19, is the first teenager to win multiple WTA titles since Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who won three titles in 2010 and 2011 before turning 20.

    Jovanovski, age 22 and ranked No. 36, was the 2012 champion at Baku, and had been going for her third career title.

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  • Teenager Elina Svitolina bags first title

    Teenager Elina Svitolina bags first title

    Promising Ukranian teenager Elina Svitolina claimed her first WTA title, defeating Shahar Peer in the final of the Baku Cup.

    A brace of service breaks, one in each set gave the 18 year old the edge needed to defeat former world #11 Peer in 1 hour 37 minutes.

    After the match, Svitolina said “It was a very tough match today and I had a lot of tough matches throughout the week, but I worked really hard coming into the tournament, and it turned out well for me.”

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