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Article: Kuznetsova claims Wismilak International title
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- September 20, 2004
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Kuznetsova claims Wismilak International title
JAKARTA, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Second seed Svetlana Kuznetsova
claimed the singles title at the 225,000 US dollars Wismilak
International Tennis tournament in Bali after overpowering unseeded
Marlene Weingartner of Germany 6-1, 6-4 in the final, while the top
seeded pair, Anastasia Myskina/Ai Sugiyama won the doubles on Sunday.
Kuznetsova, fresh from her victory at the US Open a week ago, won
the 2002 title but skipped last year's event, leaving the crown to
another Russian, Elena Dementieva.
"It was tough to go all the way through after coming from the US
Open. I was just doing my best and didn't want to lose," she was
quoted Monday by The ...