Bartoli downs Li for crown
MARION Bartoli of France beat China's Li Na 6-4, 6-3 to get her fourth WTA title and first in additional than two several years in the Monterrey Open up in Monterrey, Mexico, on Sunday.
Second-seeded Bartoli overcame the unseeded Li's robust provider sport to win 77 p.c of her 2nd return factors and claimed 6 break details to acquire in one hour, 21 minutes.
Li conceded eight double faults in her very first final in 14 months soon after coming back from personal injury.
Li took a 4-2 direct in the initial established and was ahead 30-15 in her upcoming support recreation in advance of she misplaced a few consecutive factors - two from double faults - to allow Bartoli to get handle and earn 8 from the up coming nine game titles.
Bartoli held provide at 5-3 from the 2nd established, then broke Li at like to total the victory.
"I really feel seriously great regarding how I played the full week," Bartoli reported. "I had some hard matches, not simply now but in addition inside the semifinals. They were being both equally two sets but hard."
Bartoli, ranked 13th, was enjoying in her ninth profession final.
Since her 3rd and previous WTA Tour title at Quebec City in late 2006, Bartoli had misplaced all 4 of her finals, together with Wimbledon in 2007 and final January in Brisbane, Australia.
Li, rated 53rd, is often a previous top-20 participant coming back from a suitable knee damage which retained her from the Australian Open up. She signaled her return to sort at Monterrey by beating top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland while in the first round.
Nathalie Dechy of France and Italy's Mara Santangelo received the doubles title having a 6-3, 6-4 gain around Czechs Iveta Benesova and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova.