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Arruabarrena Defeats Monica Niculescu to Claim Korea Open Title

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The drought is over for Lara Arruabarrena…

The 22-year-old Spanish tennis player has picked up the second singles title of her career more than four years after winning her first.

Lara Arruabarrena

Arruabarrena defeated fifth-seeded Monica Niculescu of Romania on Sunday 6-0, 2-6, 6-0 to win the title at the Korea Open.

In the semifinals, Arruabarrena defeated Patricia Maria Tig 6-1, 6-2, ending hopes of an all-Romanian final.

She advanced to the semifinals after dispatching second-seeded Johanna Larsson of Sweden in straight sets.

Arruabarrena Reaches Korea Open Final

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Lara Arruabarrena is one way away…

The 24-year-old Spanish tennis player defeated Romania’s Patricia Tig 6-1, 6-2 to reach the finals of the Korea Open.

Lara Arruabarrena

Arruabarrena, who upset second-seed Johanna Larsson in the quarterfinals, will face Romania’s Monica Niculescu, the No. 5 seed, in the finals.

Arruabarrena will play for her second WTA singles title. She previously won the title at the Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas in February 2012.

She’s currently ranked No. 90 in the world.

Arruabarrena Advances to Semifinals at the Korea Open

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Lara Arruabarrena is killin’ it in Korea…

The 24-year-old Spanish tennis player advanced to the semifinals of the Korea Open by beating second-seeded Johanna Larsson of Sweden 6-4, 6-0 on Friday.

Lara Arruabarrena

Arruabarrena, who is gunning for her second WTA title, won six of eight break points.

She’ll next face Patricia Maria Tig, who beat Sara Sorribes Tormo 7-6 (2), 2-6, 6-3.

Third-seeded Zhang Shuai of China also advanced, defeating Camila Giorgi of Italy 6-2, 6-4. Giorgi had eight double-faults.

Top-seed and defending champion Irina-Camelia Begu was eliminated Thursday.

Garcia stuns Former World No. 1 Jelena Jankovic to Claim Her First-Ever WTA Title

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The first time’s the charm for Caroline Garcia…

Competing in her first-ever WTA title match, the 20-year-old half-Spanish tennis player from France defeated defending champion and former World No. 1 Jelena Jankovic in straight sets at the Copa Claro Colsanitas  in Colombia on Sunday.

Caroline Garcia

With her 6-3, 6-4 triumph over Jankovic, Garcia has captured the first WTA title of her professional career.

It was the first win against a Top 10 player for Garcia, who turned pro in 2011.

Jankovic broke in the first game of the match, but the Garcia, ranked No. 5 in the tournament, took over from there, breaking right back. After that, she never fell behind again, taking six of the next eight games to take the first set.

Then, Garcia broke early in the second set en route to a 3-1 lead. Jankovic caught up to 3-all but Garcia broke again and eventually served out the match, firing back-to-back aces to bring up match point before hitting a phenomenal forehand winner for the victory.

Going into the match, Garcia was 0-6 lifetime against Top 10 players.

But Garcia’s winning ways didn’t end there…

Before winning her first WTA singles title, Garcia partnered with Lara Arruabarrena to claim the doubles title.

Garcia became the first player in nearly two years to pull off a singles-doubles sweep at a WTA-level event with Serena Williams being the last one at the Olympics.