Wickmayer succeeds in winning first career Tour title in Estoril

Unseeded Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium won her first ever Sony Ericsson WTA Tour against No. 6 seed Ekaterina Makarova in straight sets in Estoril, Portugal at the Estoril Open.

Wickmayer won the first set with a close score, but then became better, winning the second set easily against the Russian. The final score was 75 62.

"I'm really happy to have won my first Sony Ericsson WTA Tour title. I've worked hard for it. I don't really have many words to describe the feeling - I'm nearly speechless!" Wickmayer said. "I've been playing well for a few weeks now. I didn't have great results but I've been practicing really well. I felt this coming, not that I was going to win a title, but that I was playing well. I beat some good players this week, two or three seeded players, so I'm very happy."

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Singles - Final

Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. (6) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 75 62