Yakimova wins singles crown

Sun, Mar 20th 2011, 11:00 PM

By BRENT STUBBS

Senior Sports Reporter

bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

ANASTASIA Yakimova may have been an unseeded player but she left the Bahamas with her first title in almost a year when she clinched the inaugural Bahamas Open Women's Tournament singles crown.

She did it Saturday at the National Tennis Center where she upset No.5 seed Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-2 in the tourney's grand finale. It turned out to be Yakimova's 11th ITF title and her first since she beat Zuzana Kucová of Slovakia 6-4 4-6 6-3 last April 3 in Monzón, Spain.

"It was a lot more nerves, probably because it was the final and you want to win it," said Yakimova, the No.118 ranked ...

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