Alize Cornet won the WTA Tour’s Strasbourg International by beating Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic 7-6 (7-4) 6-0 in the final on Saturday.
Hradecka saved two set points in the 10th game to force a tiebreaker. However, she doubled-faulted at 5-4 and Cornet took the set when the Czech netted a forehand volley.
Cornet, the third-seeded Frenchwoman who was runner-up last year, gave Hradecka little chance in the second set and clinched her third singles title when her opponent made a backhand error.
“She’s a risk-taker,” Cornet said of Hradecka. “She hit balls that were in or on the line in the first set, but most of them were out in the second.”
Hradecka has now lost all six finals she’s played.
The Strasbourg International is a warm-up tournament for the French Open, which starts Sunday.