Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia secured her first WTA title since 2007cruising to a convincing 6 – 0, 6 – 2 victory over Sara Errani of Italy in just one hour and 16 minutes. She did it on the back of a power game which had her opponent running from side to side of the court and despite some deft touches from Errani, she was unable to gain a foothold into the match.
The first set was over quickly as Hantuchova expertly attacked her opponents serve and did not give Errani any opportunity to play her game.
The Italian finally got on the scoreboard in the opening game of the 2nd set, however any hopes she had of a comeback were quickly snuffed out by Hantuchova, who held serve and then broke her opponent to take a 2 – 1 lead. Errani did win one more game to make in 5 – 2, but once again Hantuchova stepped up her game and served out to take the match and the Pattaya title on her first visit to the beachside venue.
Sara Errani returned to take part in the doubles final with her friend and compatriot Roberta Vinci, their opponents were Zheng Jie and Sun Shengnan from China. It was the Chinese pair who won the opening set of
the match by 6 – 3. In the 2nd set the match went with serve until the eight game when the Italian pair broke their opponents to lead 5 – 3 and duly served out the set. The super tie-break was won by Vinci and Errani 10 – 5
and was some consolation for the Italian loss in the singles final.
Players vote PTT Pattaya Open as the WTA International Series “Tournament of the Year”
It was announced by the WTA, Women’s Tennis Association during the 2010 Player Awards that the PTT Pattaya Open was voted by the players on the WTA Tour as the “Tournament of the Year” amongst the international series tournaments. The PTT Pattaya Open is one of 32 events which make up the international series tournaments on the WTA Tour.
Tournament Director, Mr. Geoffrey Rowe said that “we are very proud to be chosen by the players as their favourite tournament and the award is a vindication of the hard work done by everyone involved in the tournament. Winning the “Tournament of the Year” award will help to boost the image of Pattaya as a quality sporting destination and it is our aim to continually make improvements to the tournament for the benefit of the players, the media and the spectators.”
