AUCKLAND, New Zealand – Sloane Stephens did double duty at the ASB Classic on Saturday, completing a semifinal victory over Caroline Wozniacki and then defeating Julia Goerges for the title.
Stephens was leading Wozniacki 5-2 in the first set when rain stopped play on Friday, and when they resumed play on Saturday morning the American held on, edging the No.3-seeded Dane, 6-2, 7-6(3).
And she continued her winning ways later in the day in the final – Stephens, the No.5 seed, reeled off nine of 11 games from 4-5 in the opening set to run away with it against Goerges, 7-5, 6-2.
She held all 10 of her service games in the match, fighting off the only two break points she faced.
Stephens, who has played some of the best tennis of her career during the Australian season in the past – she was a semifinalist at the Australian Open in 2013, after all, famously upsetting Serena Williams along the way – now has two WTA titles, her first coming in Washington DC last summer.
La Estadounidense Sloane Stephens gano por partida doble este sabado en Auckland, Nueva Zelanda para lograr su segundo titulo de la WTA….y es que tuvo que terminar la semifinal con Caroline Wozniacki la que se interrumpio por la lluvia cuando la ganaba 5-3 y termino imponiendose con parciales de 6-2 y 7-6 para avanzar a la gran final….la que jugo inmediatamente después ante Julia Georges a la que supero 7-5 y 6-2.