Begu wins WTA Korea Open

World No.29 and No.1 seed Irina-Camelia Begu has won the WTA Korea Open, beating Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-3 6-1.

Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania

Irina-Camelia Begu (pic) has won the WTA Korea Open, beating Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-3 6-1. (AAP)

Top-seeded Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania scored a comfortable 6-3 6-1 victory over unseeded Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus in the final of the Korea Open on Sunday.

In a match that lasted 78 minutes, 29th-ranked Begu saved three break points in each set on the way to her second WTA title.

The 25-year-old Begu's previous title came at Tashkent three years ago and she has also figured in three other tour finals.

The 136th-ranked Sasnovich, who beat second-seeded Anna Karolina Schmiedlova in the semifinals, struggled on serve, with seven of her eight double-faults coming in the first set.


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