Spain's Albert Montanes won the BCR Open Romania after overcoming Juan Monaco of Argentina 7-6 (2), 7-6 (6). Both players held serve throughout the first set Sunday before the fifth-seeded Montanes dominated the tiebreaker. Monaco then broke early in the second to take a 3-0 lead but fell and hurt his right leg when leading 5-2. The Argentine struggled from then on as Montanes won the next three games before forcing the second tiebreaker. Date Krumm makes history Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm Sunday became the oldest winner of a WTA event since Billie Jean King in 1983 by claiming the Korea Open title. Date-Krumm upset Spain's second seed Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-3, 6-3 in the final. She achieved the feat aged 38 years, 11 months and 30 days and is the second oldest winner since King, who won in Birmingham in 1983 when she was 39 years, seven months and 23 days. Peer wins in Tashkent Shahar Peer of Israel has won her second straight WTA Tour title, beating local favorite Akgul Amanmuradova 6-3, 6-4 in the Tashkent Open final. It was the fifth career title for second-seeded Peer, who won the Guangzhou Open in China last Sunday. Safarova defeats Ivanovic Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic capitalized on Ana Ivanovic's poor serve to upset the former top-ranked Serb 6-4, 7-6 (1) Sunday in the first round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open. In other first round matches, Russia's Alisa Kleybanova defeated Japan's Ayumi Morita 6-1, 6-4 and Gisela Dulko of Argentina cruised to a 6-3, 6-0 win over Agnes Szavay of Hungary. Germany's Sabine Lisicki overpowered Switzerland's Patty Schnyder 6-4, 6-0, while Russia's Elena Vesnina advanced with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez of Spain.
