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 | Vinci with tenth WTA title after beating Kvitova in the final in Katowice16-04-2013 |
Roberta Vinci triumph with the title in the first edition of the tournament with a prize of $ 235,000 in Katowice (Poland), which is one of only two events in the calendar of the WTA, taking place on clay in the hall, but it happened after the victory with 7:6 (2) 6:1 over Petra Kvitova in the final match.
For the Italian this was title № 10 in her career, but curious detail of the statistics is that so far Vinci is almost perfect in the finals at WTA, where there is only one loss - with 1-6 1-6 by Francesca Schiavone in the dispute for the trophy in Barcelona in 2010
The match started with an advantage for the second rocket of Italy, who won the submission of her opponent and led with 3:1, but the Czech instantly leveled the score for 3:3. Eventually it came to a decisive tiebreak in which da Vinci was almost flawless and gave only two points on Kvitova, then won the second half with categorical 6-1.
Thanks to this triumph Roberta Vinci earn her $ 40,000 in prize money and 280 points for the world rankings on Monday which will improve her record ranking, climbing one place to № 12 on behalf of Maria Kirilenko.
Furthermore the Italian secured a place in the ranking "Road to the city", in which will be determined this year's participating in the Tournament of the champions, which will be held from 29 October to 3 November in the hall "Armeec Arena"