ranked Andy Murray claimed his 19th career title beating American Donald Young 6-2, 6-0 in the final of the Thailand Open at the Impact Arena in Muang Thong Thani Sunday. The top-seeded Briton was in complete control throughout the 48-minute match, exploiting the lack of experience and unforced errors from his 55th-ranked opponent. Young was playing in his first tour final. Murray opened the match by jumping out to a double break lead of 4-0. Young finally got on the board to make it 5-1 but lost the first set when Murray hit an overhead smash winner. The second set featured more one-way traffic with Murray extending his advantage while his American opponent's game was marred by unforced errors, winning only three from 27 points in the set. In the doubles final, Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan and Oliver Marach of Austria beat Germans Michael Kolhmann and Alexander Waske 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-5). Li Na stunned In Beijing, French Open champion Li Na was humiliated in front of home fans Sunday, crashing out in the first round of the China Open in straight sets to unheralded Romanian qualifier Monica Niculescu. Li's 6-4, 6-0 defeat was the second straight first round exit round for the 29-year-old, who made history as the first Asian to win a Grand Slam singles title in Paris in June. The world No. 5 dropped serve six times against Niculescu, slipping to defeat in just under 90 minutes in front of stunned home fans in the Chinese capital. “I've just lost all confidence now,” said the fourth seed. “I don't know what I can do. Even winning one point is tough for me.” “For me it seems like the end of the season right now. I need a long break - for the body and the mind,” said the player who is back with her husband as coach after a trial with Dane Michael Mortensen. “Hopefuly I can start again and prepare for next year,” she said. Niculescu, ranked a lowly 58th, was playing Li, whose win in Paris catapulted her to superstar status in China, for the first time. Li, whose best result at the China Open was a semifinal showing last year, also lost in the first round of the US Open against another Romanian, Simona Halep. There was further disappointment for the Chinese fans as Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia ended the hopes of Zhang Shuai 6-0, 6-2 and Kaia Kanepi of Estonia defeated Zheng Saisai 6-0, 6-3. Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, seeded 13th, put out qualifier Barbora Zahlavova Strycov 7-5, 6-4, while Germany's Sabine Lisicki advanced into the second round as Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu was forced to retire after losing the first set 6-2. Former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic of Serbia defeated Japan's Kimiko Date-Krumm 6-1, 6-1 and American qualifier Christina McHale put out Ayumi Morita of Japan 6-2, 0-6, 6-3. Tipsarevic wins in Malaysia Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic defeated Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus 6-4, 7-5 Sunday to win the Malaysian Open and capture his first ATP World Tour title. The 27-year-old had been the only top-20 player without an ATP title after finishing runner-up in four previous finals. The No. 3 seed clawed his way back into the match after trailing 0-3 to Baghdatis in the first set to win in 2 hours, 6 minutes.
