BALI: Switzerland’s Patty Schnyder defeated Austrian teenager Tamira Paszek 6-3 6-0 on Sunday to win the Bali Classic.
The win was the 500th singles victory of her career and her 11th title, but her first in more than three years.
Schnyder’s last tournament victory came at Cincinnati in July 2005, after which she lost seven finals. Paszek, who earned victory over three seeded opponents on her way to the final, had been seeking her first title since winning Portoroz in September 2006.
Schnyder took just 67 minutes to overcome her 17-year-old opponent after a difficult start. The Swiss left-hander faced a break point in the opening game. Although she broke for 2-0 when Paszek netted a backhand she lost her own serve in the next game on Paszek’s seventh break point.
Schnyder eventually pulled in front again when Paszek made another backhand error to give away a break for 4-2, and that was enough to decide the outcome of the first set.
Paszek made yet another backhand error to drop her serve at the beginning of the second set, then dropped her serve to love to give Schnyder a 3-0 lead.
