Monday, February 23, 2009

Azarenka claims second title

MEMPHIS: Victoria Azarenka of Belarus claimed her second title of the season on Saturday as Andy Roddick and Radek Stepanek booked a final showdown at this $1.22 m ATP and WTA hardcourt tournament.

Second-seeded Azarenka swept past top-seeded Dane Caroline Wozniacki 6-1, 6-3 to add the Memphis crown to the first career title she won in Brisbane last month. The 19-year-old had reached four finals over her previous two seasons but didn’t break through until the Australian Open tuneup.

In Marseille, France, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga claimed his second ATP title of the year when he won the Marseille Open with a 7-5, 7-6 defeat of fellow Frenchman Michael Llodra in the final.

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