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Home favourite Wozniacki clinches Danish Open title

ESPN staff
August 8, 2010
Caroline Wozniacki was too good for Klara Zakopalova © Getty Images
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Home favourite Caroline Wozniacki clinched her eighth WTA Tour title by cruising past Klara Zakopalova in straight sets at the inaugural Danish Open.

The world No. 3 required a mere 78 minutes to defeat the fourth seed 6-2 7-6(5) at the Farum Arena in Copenhagen.

Zakopalova, who beat Na Li in the semi-finals, suffered for her inability to win the crucial points during what was a match of fine margins.

Twenty-year-old Wozniacki claimed three of the four break points she was offered as she showed a composure that belied her inexperience.

In the final of the Mercury Insurance Open in San Diego, California, Svetlana Kuznetsova won her 13th career title by upsetting world No.10 Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4 6-7 6-3 in an epic final.

The pair have history, with Kuznetsova now leading the head-to-head rivalry 7-3 overall. Their last meeting was in the final of the hardcourt tournament in Beijing last year, which Kuznetsova also won.

But she was made to work for over two and a half hours on this occasion. In a match nearly dead even in the stats department, it was the Russian's superior efficiency on the big points - she claimed five breaks from 11 opportunities to Radwanska's three from 12 - that proved the difference.

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