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Mertens, 26, won the final 11 games to finish the 80-minute
match and claim her seventh career title. She saved all three
break points and converted five of her nine break chances.
Mertens won 83 percent of her first-service points (20 of 24)
and took advantage of nine double faults by Cornet. Mertens
moved ahead 3-2 in their head-to-head series.
Agel Open
Barbora Krejcikova thrilled her homeland crowd by rallying to
beat World No. 1 and top seed Iga Swiatek of Poland 5-7, 7-6
(4), 6-3 in the final in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Krejcikova, 26, lifted her fifth career trophy and second in as
many weeks after taking the title at the Tallinn Open in Estonia
last weekend. She recorded the only service break of the
decisive set in the eighth game and then finally put Swiatek
away on her sixth match point.
Krejcikova saved seven of 11 break points and converted four of
10 break chances in a marathon match that lasted three hours and
16 minutes, handing Swiatek just her second loss in 12 career
tour-level singles finals.
--Field Level Media
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