Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia won her third WTA singles title of the year on Sunday, beating Daria Gavrilova of Australia 5-7,6-3,7-6 (3) in the Hong Kong Open final.
HONG KONG (AP) – Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia won her third WTA singles title of the year on Sunday, beating Daria Gavrilova of Australia 5-7,6-3,7-6 (3) in the Hong Kong Open final.
“This morning we were ready to share this trophy and I actually think we both deserve this trophy,” sixth-seeded Pavlyuchenkova said after the match lasting 3 hours, 11 minutes. “It was a really close match, just I was maybe lucky a little bit in the end.”
The match started after 9 p.m. local time after it was delayed by several hours because of a typhoon warning that lasted most of the day in Hong Kong.
The windy conditions made late-night play difficult at both ends of the court with a total of 103 unforced errors – 62 by Pavlyuchenkova .
