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Bondarenko Wins Tashkent Championship

Sep 30th 2017
Kateryna Bondarenko

Kateryna Bondarenko defeated Timea Babos 6-4, 6-4, to win the Tashkent title.

Final Facts
- Bondarenko wins her second WTA title and first since Birmingham in 2008; her win-loss record in WTA finals now stands at 2-0.
- Bondarenko dropped one set en route to the title, coming from a break down in the third set in her quarter-final against Nara.
- Babos falls to 2-4 in WTA finals, also finishing runner-up this year in Québec City and winning Budapest.
- Bondarenko improves her head-to-head record against Babos to 2-1, with her other win coming in qualifying for Antwerp in 2015.
- Babos and Hlavackova win their third WTA doubles title together – the others came this year at Rabat and Québec City; Babos now has 14 titles to her name, while Hlavackova has 23.