Birmingham: Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova won her sixth career title on Sunday, beating Croatian teenager Donna Vekic 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 to win the Aegon Classic.
Fourteen years separated the two finalists but there was little between 16-year-old Vekic and the 60th-ranked Hantuchova.
The Slovak struck first in the opening set, breaking her opponent's serve to lead 4-3 but Vekic hit back immediately to level the score.
Hantuchova dominated the tiebreaker, however, and despite throwing away a 5-2 lead regained control to win 7-5....
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01:41 AM, Jun 17, 2013
Birmingham: Daniela Hantuchova rallied from a set and 4-1 down on Friday to beat former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone and advance to the semi-finals of the grass-court Aegon Classic. Hantuchova won 6-7 (8), 6-4, 7-6 (3) to record another upset in a rainy week at the Wimbledon warm-up tournament in Birmingham. Donna Vekic, a 16-year-old Croat, routed third-seeded Sorana Cirstea 6-2, 6-1. No. 16 Magdalena Rybarikova eased past Madison...
01:27 PM, Jun 15, 2013
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07:36 PM, May 07, 2013
Moscow: Dominika Cibulkova rallied to beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 in the opening singles on Saturday to give Slovakia a 1-0 lead over Russia in the Fed Cup World Group semifinals. Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia was scheduled to play Maria Kirilenko in the second singles match on indoor clay at Krylatskoye Ice Stadium. Pavlyuchenko broke decisively in the 11th game to take the first set. Cibulkova led 4-0 to...
08:50 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Moscow: Slovakia chose the experienced Daniela Hantuchova over the higher-ranked Magdalena Rybarikova to back up Dominika Cibulkova against Russia in their Fed Cup semi-final this weekend. Cibulkova will open against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, followed by Hantuchova playing Maria Kirilenko in the second singles on indoor clay at Krylatskoye Ice Stadium. Rybarikova was picked in Friday's draw in doubles, which concludes the semi on Sunday. She and Jana Cepelova will face Russia's...
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Carlsbad, California: World No. 6 seed Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia lost 6-4, 7-5 to Ursula Radwanska of Poland in a first-round match Monday night at the Mercury Insurance Open. Hantuchova made an unforced error when she sent a forehand long to give the match to Radwanska. Earlier, US Olympian Varvara Lepchenko cruised to a 6-3, 6-1 win over NCAA champion Nicole Gibbs in another first-round match. Hantuchova, who has had...
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