Caroline Wozniacki defeated Sam Stosur in a dramatic final to claim the title at the $740,000 Kremlin Cup tennis tournament here and end the season on a high.
The Dane ends the year ten places shy of the World No.1 she held at the end of last season and finished this season with two WTA titles after victory in Seoul last month.
Wozniacki came back from a break down in the decider to win 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 on her second match point Sunday.
‘I definitely think I’m playing some great tennis out there and I’m very pleased. I got to break her a few times. She made less first serves which made it more easy for me go to in and attack,’ Wozniacki said. Stosur was critical of her erratic performance saying that early errors had made it impossible to mount a comeback against Wozniacki.
‘I certainly put myself in too much of a hole to be allowed to get out of it. I feel like I went for the right things and missed by a couple of inches,’ said Stosur, adding that she had no regrets of any kind.
Meanwhile, Italy’s Andreas Seppi recovered from a set down to defeat Brazil’s Thomaz Bellucci and win the men’s singles event of the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament.
Seppi won 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-3 on Sunday. ‘If you lose a tough second set when you are twice serving for the match, it’s never easy to come back. I was mentally fresher,’ said Seppi. IANS
USADA WANTS TO RESTORE CYCLING’S NAME
The head of US anti-doping body called for a truth commission to uncover drug cheats in cycling, saying that punishing Lance Armstrong is not nearly enough to restore its credibility. ‘It is essential that an independent and meaningful truth and reconciliation commission be established so that the sport can fully unshackle itself from the past,’ USADA chairman Travis Tygart said.
Earlier this month, USADA released a devastating dossier on Armstrong, detailing how he was at the heart of the biggest doping programme in the history of sports.
In his statement on Monday, Tygart said acting against Armstrong is not enough. ‘There are many more details of doping that are hidden, many more doping doctors, and corrupt team directors and the omerta has not yet been fully broken,’ he said.
Tygart said punishing Armstrong and riders who came forward to talk about his doping activities can’t be seen as ‘penance for an era of pervasive doping.’ ‘There must be more action to combat the system that took over the sport. Only an independent commission can put cycling on the path towards true reform.’
The Dane ends the year ten places shy of the World No.1 she held at the end of last season and finished this season with two WTA titles after victory in Seoul last month.
Wozniacki came back from a break down in the decider to win 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 on her second match point Sunday.
‘I definitely think I’m playing some great tennis out there and I’m very pleased. I got to break her a few times. She made less first serves which made it more easy for me go to in and attack,’ Wozniacki said. Stosur was critical of her erratic performance saying that early errors had made it impossible to mount a comeback against Wozniacki.
‘I certainly put myself in too much of a hole to be allowed to get out of it. I feel like I went for the right things and missed by a couple of inches,’ said Stosur, adding that she had no regrets of any kind.
Meanwhile, Italy’s Andreas Seppi recovered from a set down to defeat Brazil’s Thomaz Bellucci and win the men’s singles event of the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament.
Seppi won 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-3 on Sunday. ‘If you lose a tough second set when you are twice serving for the match, it’s never easy to come back. I was mentally fresher,’ said Seppi. IANS
USADA WANTS TO RESTORE CYCLING’S NAME
The head of US anti-doping body called for a truth commission to uncover drug cheats in cycling, saying that punishing Lance Armstrong is not nearly enough to restore its credibility. ‘It is essential that an independent and meaningful truth and reconciliation commission be established so that the sport can fully unshackle itself from the past,’ USADA chairman Travis Tygart said.
Earlier this month, USADA released a devastating dossier on Armstrong, detailing how he was at the heart of the biggest doping programme in the history of sports.
In his statement on Monday, Tygart said acting against Armstrong is not enough. ‘There are many more details of doping that are hidden, many more doping doctors, and corrupt team directors and the omerta has not yet been fully broken,’ he said.
Tygart said punishing Armstrong and riders who came forward to talk about his doping activities can’t be seen as ‘penance for an era of pervasive doping.’ ‘There must be more action to combat the system that took over the sport. Only an independent commission can put cycling on the path towards true reform.’