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| Jana Cepelova |
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| Andrea Petkovic |
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Andrea Petkovic was victorious at the Family Circle Cup. It was her first WTA tournament in three years, she defeated Jana Cepelova with 7-5, 6-2 score.
Petkovic got her form back after sufferring multiple injuries that doomed her 2012 season. Petkovic used her powerful forehand and worked her way to defeat 3 straight top 10 seeds in No. 4 Sabine Lisicki, No. 9 Lucie Safarova and No. 6 Eugenie Bouchard to earn her way to the finals.
Petkovic 26, from Germany was too much for the Cepelova 20, from Slovakia. Cepelova was leading 5-4 in the first set but Petkovic used her power to make a rally and win that game and begin a run of 8th straight to take control of the match.
Petkovic was completely in control after winning the crucial game, she quickly broke serve to move in front. She took the set a game later and continued her run to build a 5-0 lead that buried Cepelova.
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