Kudryavtseva wins Tashkent Open title

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP) -Alla Kudryavtseva has won her first WTA Tour title, beating Elena Vesnina 6-4, 6-4 in an all-Russian final at the Tashkent Open.

Seventh-seeded Kudryavtseva, beaten finalist in Guangzhou, China, last Sunday, broke fourth-seeded Vesnina in the seventh game of the first set.

After an exchange of breaks midway through the second set, Kudryavtseva broke again in the seventh game and closed the match, firing an ace on the first of her two match points.

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It was Vesnina's second defeat in a final this season. She was beaten by another compatriot, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, in Istanbul in July.

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