"I've been working hard for this moment. I'm so happy and so emotional right now"
Saturday 21 October 2017 16:50, UK
Germany's Julia Goerges clinched a career third WTA title with a straight-sets win over Daria Kasatkina of Russia in the final of the Kremlin Cup on Saturday.
The seventh seed prevailed 6-1 6-2 in just 66 minutes to chalk up her third victory over the 20-year-old Kasatkina in their fifth head-to-head meeting.
"I just feel amazing," Goerges said on court after the match. "I've been working hard for this moment. I'm so happy and so emotional right now.
"But at the same time it means a lot for me that I can share this moment with Dasha (Kasatkina).
"It was my second year here and I must say that I had a great time here last year regardless of my result. And I will come here next year to defend my title."
The 28-year-old, who was contesting her fourth WTA final of the season, looked in complete command breaking her rival's serve twice from the start to take the opening set in 24 minutes.
In the second Goerges underlined her domination at the hard court of Moscow's Olympic indoor arena producing two more breaks to claim her first title of the year.
In the BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open, Germany's Carina Witthoeft secured her first WTA Tour title with a hard-fought 6-3 7-5 win over Monica Puig.
Witthoeft looked to be cruising to victory when she took the opening set and raced into a 4-1 lead in the second, only to be pegged back by the Olympic champion.
However, after failing to serve out the match at 5-4, Witthoeft instantly hit back to break Puig's serve to love and gratefully took her second opportunity to seal the win after 91 minutes.
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