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PTT
PATTAYA OPEN
Pattaya
City, Thailand
January
28-February 3, 2013
$235,000/International
Hard/Outdoors
Results
- Sunday,
February 3, 2013
Singles
- Final
(2) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) d. (5) Sabine Lisicki (GER) 57 61
76(1)
Doubles
- Final
Date-Krumm/Dellacqua (JPN/AUS) d. Amanmuradova/Panova
(UZB/RUS) 63 62
Final Facts
- Kirilenko wins her sixth WTA title and first since 2008; four of her
titles
have come in Asia – Beijing (2005), Kolkata (2007), Seoul (2008) and
Pattaya
City (2013).
- Kirilenko's win-loss record in WTA finals now stands at 6-6, with all
but
three of these coming on hardcourts.
- Kirilenko trailed 6-5 in the final set before winning 11 of the last
12
points to break Lisicki to love and win the tie-break.
- Lisicki falls to 3-3 in WTA finals; her last final came when she won
Birmingham in 2011.
- Kirilenko and Lisicki were meeting for the third time; Kirilenko now
leads
the head-to-head record 3-0.
- Kirilenko is projected to rise to No.13 when the new rankings are
released on
Monday, while Lisicki will return to the Top 40.
- Date-Krumm and Dellacqua win the title in their first WTA event
together;
Date-Krumm now has four career titles to her name, while Dellacqua has
one.
Final Quotes
Maria
Kirilenko:
"I
feel great – to win a title is always special, but it's even more
pleasure when
you win such a tough one. It was tough. Sabine played very well. I'm
very happy
to win this."

