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MONTERREY, Mexico : Russian teenager Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova claimed her first WTA title over the weekend after battling back to win her second match of the day.
The 18-year-old needed 1hr 40min to see off experienced Slovak second seed Daniela Hantuchova 1-6, 6-1, 6-0 in the final.
Pavlyuchenkova, the third seed, was earlier taken to a three setter by Latvian Anastasija Sevastova in her semi-final which had to be played on Sunday after rain washed out much of Saturday's play.
She won 6-3, 2-6, 6-1, and then rested as the doubles final took place.
Hantuchova had completed her match on Saturday before the rain, and she looked on her way to her fourth WTA title after racing through the first set.
But the 26-year-old -- who was playing in her tenth WTA final -- crumbled as she chased what would have been her first title since Indian Wells in 2007, as the big-hitting Pavyluchenkova dominated the second and third sets.
- AFP/vm
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