Margarita Gasparyan and her gorgeous one-handed backhand won an all-WTA Rising Star final against Patricia Maria Tig to win the first WTA title of her career at the Baku Cup.
A day earlier, the two upstarts - Gasparyan unseeded, Tig a qualifier - took out the Top 2 seeds in the semifinals of the International event, Tig beating No.1 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Gasparyan No.2 seed Karin Knapp - and both of them brought their very best with the title on the line, too. Gasparyan came out stronger, breaking twice en route to taking the first set then getting another crucial break to serve for the match in the second set at 6-3, 5-4.
Tig stormed back - she broke back at love and ended up stealing the set a few games later - but Gasparyan and that backhand bounced right back, storming through the third set to seal the two-hour-and-29-minute encounter, 6-3, 5-7, 6-0.
"It was an amazing atmosphere in the final today. I want to thank all the people who've supported me, like my hitting partner Misha, my doubles partner Alexandra and all of the organization here. "It's a very good tournament and I will always remember my week here."
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