Dokic ends 9-year title drought
Jelena Dokic of Australia serves to Kim Clijsters of Belgium during their match at the Paris Open tennis tournament, February 11, 2011. Clijsters will become world number one next week for the first time since 2006 after she reached the Paris Open semi-finals by beating Jelena Dokic 6-3 6-0
Image by: REGIS DUVIGNAU
Image by: REGIS DUVIGNAU
Australia’s Jelena Dokic beat Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 2-6, 7-6 (9), 6-4 in the Malaysian Open on Sunday to earn her sixth career WTA singles title after a nine-year drought.
Dokic recovered from a first set loss to overcome the fifth-seeded Safarova in a hard-fought game that lasted 2 hours, 40 minutes.
It was Dokic’s first WTA singles victory since June 2002. The Croatian-born Dokic drifted away from the WTA tour from 2004 to ’08. She’s ranked 91st after a high of No. 4.
Safarova had an easy first set, dropping only six points on her own serve.
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