Home favourite Swiatek wins Warsaw Open
Weronika Falkowska and Katarzyna Piter lost 6-4, 6-4 to Heather Watson and Yanina Wickmayer in the doubles final.
Weronika Falkowska and Katarzyna Piter lost 6-4, 6-4 to Heather Watson and Yanina Wickmayer in the doubles final.
Weronika Falkowska and Katarzyna Piter lost 6-4, 6-4 to Heather Watson and Yanina Wickmayer in the doubles final.
Warsaw (Poland): Poland's Iga Swiatek smashed Laura Siegemund of Germany 6-0, 6-1 on home court in the final to win the Warsaw Open title, here.
The World No. 1 controlled the game from the very beginning and needed just 30 minutes to win the opening set without losing a single game.
After a short break, Siegemund started to take more risks, but she was not able to reply to Swiatek's attacking game.
Siegemund kept her service to make it 3-1 in the second set. However, Swiatek was in her best shape as she found a break to take the lead 5-1, closing the match out a moment later.
"To be honest, it's hard to play on home soil as the pressure is higher in that case. I wanted to show my experience and the mental strength here. I'm happy that I won the tournament, I'm really proud because of that," Swiatek said afterwards.
Polish fans did not celebrate a double victory, however, as in the doubles final Weronika Falkowska and Katarzyna Piter lost 6-4, 6-4 to Britain's Heather Watson and Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium.