Krejcikova defeats Cirstea for Strasbourg title
Barbora Krejcikova clinched a first WTA Tour singles title of her career as she dispatched Sorana Cirstea 6-3 6-3 in the final of the Internationaux de Strasbourg.
World No.38 Krejcikova lost to Garbine Muguruza in the Dubai Tennis Championships final in March but suffered no such disappointment this time around, overcoming her Romanian opponent in one hour and 41 minutes.
Cirstea was in fine form this week following her Istanbul success, but the world No.61 was on the back foot from the off after losing her first two service games, offering up six break points in the process as Krejcikova reeled off four games in a row.
Krejcikova squandered two set points as Cirstea broke back, but the Czech took the lead at the third time of asking.
Cirstea rallied straight away in the second set, yet problems on her own serve continued as she suffered successive breaks and those errors ultimately handed Krejcikova an advantage she did not relinquish, with the 25-year-old sealing her maiden title with a powerful cross-court forehand.
