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Tennis, Volvo Car Open: Kiki Bertens powers past Goerges to win fourth career WTA title

Monday, 9 April 2018, 00:16 Last update: about 9 years ago

Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands overpowered Germany's Julia Goerges to cap a long Sunday at the Volvo Car Open with a 6-2, 6-1 victory for her fourth career WTA title and third of the past 11 months.

No. 12 seed Bertens and fifth-seeded Goerges each had a pair of matches to play with rain washing out Saturday's semifinals. Bertens had a grueling, three-setter to oust American Madison Keys while Goerges completed her match with Latvia's Anastasija Sevastova — the two got to 4-all in the opening set before the rains came — in about 25 minutes.

But it was Bertens, ranked 27th in the world, who showed fire and drive on center court in the finals. She broke Goerges' serve twice to take a 3-1 lead and never let up.

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