Second seed Magui Serna maintained her recent
dominance of the Estoril Open with a second successive victory in the tournament
on Sunday.
The Spaniard comfortably beat German qualifier Julia Schruff 6-4 6-1 to lift
the title, her second WTA Tour career crown.
The match saw Serna win her 20th consecutive set over those two triumphs.
Schruff had made the final in her debut WTA Tour event and the 20-year-old
qualifier was aiming to become only the seventh woman in professional tennis
history to win her first WTA event.
"I was expecting a more difficult match. But no matter how easy it was, I'm
very happy to have won," said Serna afterwards.
"I knew it was her first final and she might be nervous. I tried to just stay
calm and not let anything bother me."
Schruff said: "My dream has ended for this week, but it will go on.
"I was so very tired, it has been a tough week. In the third set I couldn't
run at all due to a muscle pull. I'll take two days to sleep and then have a
little party. Then it will be back to practice."
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