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Parmentier Wins In Austria

Sunday, July 20, 2008

(Sports Network) - Pauline Parmentier of France upended Czech qualifier Lucie Hradecka on Sunday to win the Gastein Ladies tennis event.

The fourth-seeded Parmentier, who was meeting Hradecka for the first time in her career, took a 6-4, 6-4, straight set victory.

Both ladies were coming off a tough road to the final. Rain during the week forced each to play both a quarterfinal and semifinal match on Saturday.

"I am very happy today, it was a perfect week," said Parmentier. "It was a very difficult week because of all of the rain, and because of the rain I had to play two matches yesterday, but when you have a tougher week like this, the victory is much bigger. Now I will enjoy two weeks of holiday. I just need to relax."

The fourth-seeded Parmentier knocked off crowd favorite Yvonne Meusburger of Austria in the quarterfinals, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3, before eliminating top-seeded Agnes Szavay of Hungary in the semis, 6-4, 6-2.

Meanwhile, Hradecka also sent an Austrian packing in the quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-1 triumph over wild card Patricia Mayr, before toppling Mariya Koryttseva of the Ukraine, 6-3, 6-2.

The victory marks the second career WTA singles final for the 22-year-old Parmentier, who also prevailed in her only other title match, beating Victoria Azarenka in Tashkent last October.

Hradecka was playing in her first singles final. She had been a loser in the first round of each of her first two WTA tournaments this year. The 23-year- old is ranked just 237th in singles, but does have four career doubles titles, including one this year.

"Of course I am a little disappointed about today's singles match," said Hradecka. "Pauline played very well, especially on the important points. And for me this is still an unbelievable week. I reached the final in singles and doubles too, which is amazing."

Parmentier collected $28,000 with the victory.

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