Saturday, April 28, 2012
Kiki Bertens wins at Fez for 1st title
Associated Press
FEZ, Morocco — Dutch qualifier Kiki Bertens won her first WTA title when she beat SpaniardLaura Pous-Tio 7-5, 6-0 in the Grand Prix SAR final on Saturday.Both played in their first tour final.
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“In the beginning I was very nervous and she started well, but after I won the first set all my nerves were gone,” Bertens said. “I’m excited. I’m going to play more tournaments now and try to win more.”The 20-year-old Bertens dropped serve twice, but used her superior returns to break Pous-Tio three times in each set.Bertens raced away with the second set, conceding only two points on her serve, while Pous-Tio managed to win only 41 percent of her first-serve points.”It is only my second tournament on clay, so I’m still happy with the result,” Pous-Tio said. “She started attacking more and everything started going faster. She played a very good match today.”The 149th-ranked Bertens came through two qualifying rounds to make the main draw, and she had previously never been beyond the first round at a WTA event.”I love it here. I was here for one week because I played the qualies too, so I’m a little bit tired now,” Bertens said. “But I’m going to celebrate tonight.”
