Dominika Cibulkova stuns French number one Marion Bartoli to lift Mercury Insurance Open title –Tennis News
Thursday, July 26th, 2012 3:46:52 by Awais Ahmed
Dominika Cibulkova stuns French number one Marion Bartoli to lift Mercury Insurance Open title –Tennis News
Slovakian number one Dominika Cibulkova shocked the top seed, Marion Bartoli, with a breadstick at the Mercury Insurance Open 2012 on Sunday. She jolted down a 6-1, 7-5 victory against the world number 10 to capture her second career title at this WTA (Women’s
Tennis Association) Premier-level tournament held in Carlsbad.
The ecstatic Cibulkova stated in a courtside interview after clinching the title:
"I have to say, this was the first WTA final where I played really well. In the first set everything was going my way. My forehand was working today 100%, and also my serves and returns. So everything was just fine. In the second set I was up 1-0 and 40-0
on her serve, and I got a little bit nervous, starting to think about getting closer to the title. She’s a great player and was fighting for every ball and went up 4-1, but I realized I was leading in a few of those games, so I knew I could turn it around
again. And I just kept going.”
The Slovakian ace spilled fewer double faults and smashed more aces to prevail. She superbly warded off seven out of nine breakpoints she came across and cashed in half of the 12 break chances to pull out the victory.
All in all, the 23-year-old outshined her good friend in almost every aspect of tennis. She clobbered a lower first serve share but tremendously marked 26 out of 42 points on it.
Both tennis stars were battling each other for the fifth time. However, the second seeded Slovak displayed top notch performance to upset Bartoli in one hour and 35 minutes. The stars last fought each other at the Kremlin Cup four years ago and after stealing
this show, Cibulkova took lead in the head-to-head series against the French number one.
After earning the glory, Cibulkova claimed her maiden year-to-date title. Her first title came at the Moscow Premier-level event last season.
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