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Australia's Stosur wins 1st singles title

Associated Press

Saturday, October 17, 2009

OSAKA, Japan -- Third-seeded Samantha Stosur of Australia earned her first WTA singles title on Sunday with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Italy's Francesca Schiavone at the Japan Women's Open. The 15th-ranked Stosur broke Schiavone to go up 3-1 in the second set and dominated the fourth-seeded player the rest of the way to close out the match in 1 hour, 8 minutes for her first victory in six WTA Tour singles finals. "I played very well in the first set and barely made a mistake. I was still playing we ...

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