Wickmayer beats Kvitova to capture title in Linz

Proving that her run to the US Open semifinals wasn't just a one-off, Yanina Wickmayer won her second Sony Ericsson WTA Tour title of the year and by doing so broke into the Top 20 for the first time, beating Petra Kvitova in the final of the Generali Ladies Linz on Sunday afternoon.

Wickmayer and Kvitova had played several times before but most famously they went toe-to-toe in a two-hour-plus fourth round match at the US Open this year, the Belgian prevailing, 46 64 75. And she did it again in Linz but in far more simpler fashion, this time needing just an hour and 25 minutes to win, 63 64.

It was Wickmayer's second career singles title on the Tour, her first coming on the clay courts of Estoril earlier this year. On Monday's new rankings she rises into the Top 20 for the first time, icing on the cake; not that she needed more icing really, given earlier this week it was announced she was one of the first two qualifiers for the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Singles - Final

(3/WC) Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 63 64