Reigning French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova has added another prize to her 2009 trophy collection.
The Russian star blitzed past Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland on Sunday to win her third title of the season at the China Open in Beijing.
Kuznetsova, seeded sixth, needed just two sets to defeat the twelfth-seeded Radwanska 6-2, 6-4. It is Kuznetsova’s third Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles title of the year after Stuttgart and Roland Garros, and overall the twelfth victory of her career.
“Normally I feel tired at the end of the season but now I feel great,” Kuznetsova said after the final. “Until this morning I didn’t realize it was such a high category tournament with so much prize money – I seem to play my best tennis when it’s important!”
Hsieh Su-Wei and Peng Shuai won their fourth Tour doubles title as a team on Saturday in Beijing. The Asian duo had previously won titles at Bali last year and at Sydney and Rome this year.
