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Radwanska stuns Zvonareva for title
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 02 - 10 - 2011

Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland overpowered Vera Zvonareva 6-3, 6-2 to win the Pan Pacific Open Saturday.
The ninth-seeded Radwanska recovered from an early 2-0 deficit in the opening set and took advantage of unforced errors by the fourth-seeded Russian to win her second title of the year.
After dropping the first two games of the match, Radwanska stormed back to win the first set on the back of Zvonareva's 22 unforced errors.
“Playing against a player like Vera, you can't worry about tactics,” Radwanska said. “I just tried my best from the very first point and stayed focused until the end.”
Zvonareva came back from a 5-1 deficit against Petra Kvitova in Friday's semifinals but couldn't stage another turnaround in the final. She struggled with her serve, double faulting five times. She broke Radwanska to win the sixth game of the second set to make it 4-2 but any chance of a comeback was dashed when Radwanska broke back in the next game.
“I'd like to say congratulations to Agnieszka, she deserved to win today,” Zvonareva said.
Radwanska won her first singles title in three years when she defeated Zvonareva at Carlsbad in August. She also beat the Russian player at the Rogers Cup in Toronto the week after Carlsbad.
Murray, Young in final
In Bangkok, Andy Murray will have the experience edge when the top seed faces untested Donald Young in Sunday's final of the ATP Thailand Open.
Murray needed six match points and nerves of steel to beat long-time opponent Gilles Simon 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 in Saturday's semifinal.
The left-handed Young needed nearly three hours to upset second seed Gael Monfils 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-5) and reach his first career final.
“You go into matches with him knowing that you have to work hard,” said world No. 4 Murray after his win against Simon.
“I was feeling good in the last game, but I had to stay patient and not rush. It's nice to get through into another final here,” said the Scot, who played the 2005 final — the first of his career — against Roger Federer. “I'm sure Donald will play tough, he went for his shots against Gael, but it's his first final and there are sure to be some nerves. I just hope I can take advantage of that.”
Murray lost to the No. 55 in an Indian Wells upset in March but defeated the young American in their fourth round match at the US Open.
“I know how to play and and I'll use the strategy that worked for me in New York,” said the Scot. “The final can go either way of course, but my experience should help me.”
Baghdatis-Tipsarevic final
In Malaysia, Marcos Baghdatis beat second-seeded Viktor Troicki 6-3, 6-1 to deny the Malaysian Open an all-Serbian final as Janko Tipsarevic also won his semifinal match on Saturday.
Tipsarevic was a 6-4, 6-3 winner against Kei Nishikori of Japan as the third-seeded Serbian player put himself in contention for a first career title by reaching his third final of the season.
Baghdatis, playing as a wildcard after slipping to No. 60 in the rankings, broke the 15th-ranked Troicki three times in each set for a first win over a top-20 player in six tries. The Cypriot's last reached an ATP final at the Kremlin Cup 11 months ago.


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