Australia's Samantha Stosur routed Vera Zvonareva of Russia 6-0 6-3 in the final of the WTA Family Circle Cup in Charleston.Stosur continued her recent dominance over her opponent, making it five successive wins, as she picked up her second career title after winning in Japan last year.
The fourth seed was expected to be given a tough ride by Zvonareva, seeded seventh, but last year's French Open semi-finalist dominated from the start and is now poised to break into the world's top-10.
The Russian won just five points in a first set that lasted only 18 minutes and then broke to love in the second game of the next to surge ahead once again.
She then closed out another love-game for 3-0 with an ace up the middle before Zvonareva tried to disrupt Stosur's flow with a series of lobs.
It seemed to pay off although she had to save two more break points before recording her first game after 35 minutes on court and remarkably got back on serve at 3-4 after pressuring the Stosur delivery for the first time.
However, the comeback was short-lived as the Aussie seized two break points in the eighth game, crushing a forehand winner down the line to edge towards victory before crossing the finish line by serving out to love.
The Aussie went home with a first prize of $107,000 and upped her record to 5-2 all-time against Zvonareva.
The Russian fell to 10-12 all-time in title matches and had trouble controlling her emotions. In one outburst, she smashed her racket, bending it nearly in half, then booted it across the court while walking to the sidelines to get a new one.
After earning a warning for racket abuse, Zvonareva won four straight points to briefly get back into the match.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Singles - Final
(4) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. (7) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 60 63
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