Stosur rips Zvonareva
Australian fourth seed Samantha Stosur won her second career WTA title on Sunday, routing Russian Vera Zvonareva 6-0, 6-3 in the final of the 700,000-dollar Family Circle Cup.
Stosur, whose only prior WTA crown came last year at Osaka, improved to 5-2 all-time against seventh seed Zvonareva with her fifth victory in a row over the Russian.
"It's always great to play well in any match but to play that well in a final when you want to play that extra little bit better, it was great," Stosur said. "I was glad I was able to keep it going all the way to the finish."
With the 107,000-dollar top prize in the clay-court event, 11th-ranked Stosur assured a place in the top 10 in Monday's WTA rankings and signaled she can be a threat at the French Open, where she reached the semi-finals in 2009.
"After this week, I'm feeling great on the clay," Stosur said. "It's great to be able to start the clay season. When I get to Roland Garros I will be ready to go and try to at least go as far as I did last year."
Stosur wore a left wristband bearing the words "attitude" and "composure".
"They are just two words that stood out to me for the last little while," she said. "It just keeps me focused on those two things. With the way I played, I was able to do that."
Zvonareva, ranked 22nd, also was a Charleston runner-up in 2008. Zvonareva, 25, fell to 19-6 on the year and failed in a bid for her 11th career title and her second of the year after a successful title defense in Pattaya City.
"Sam played unbelievable and she deserved to win," Zvonareva said.
Stosur dominated the first set, surrendering only five points to her Russian rival. Stosur broke at love for a 4-0 edge, having allowed Zvonareva only two points in the first four games.
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