World No 5 Elena Rybakina captured the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open title with a ruthless straight-sets victory in opposition to Daria Kasatkina.
Former Wimbledon champion Rybakina sealed her seventh profession title on the WTA Tour and fourth on a tough courtroom as she eased previous world No 14 Kasatkina 6-1 6-4.
The Kazakhstani loved a profitable week in Abu Dhabi, which included victories over Danielle Collins, Cristina Bucsa and No 8 seed Liudmila Samsonova earlier than crushing the hopes of Kasatkina within the remaining.
The victory propelled Rybakina to 11-2 on the season, having gained her first title of the 12 months in Brisbane final month, and now she is going to head to Doha for the opening WTA 1000 event of the season on the Qatar Open.
Kasatkina was coming off a three-hour marathon to edge previous Beatriz Haddad Maia within the semi-finals and it confirmed within the opening set as Rybakina raced by means of it, aided partially by 16 unforced errors from her opponent.
Regardless of falling a break down within the subsequent Kasatkina threw warning to the wind and reeled in Rybakina to stage at 4-4.
However Rybakina upped the tempo and a blistering return sport enabled her to interrupt within the subsequent earlier than serving out for a complete victory following a short rain interruption.
Runner-up Kasatkina mentioned: “To lose finals is not a nice thing but as Daniil Medvedev said after Australian Open, it’s better to play three finals than to lose three first rounds. So I’ll take that. It’s his birthday today by the way, happy birthday.”
Earlier within the day, it was to not be for Heather Watson as Sofia Kenin and Bethanie Mattek-Sands took house the doubles title, defeating the Brit and Linda Noskova 6-4 7-6 (7-4) within the remaining.
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