Pervak wins 1st title at Tashkent Open
Russia’s Ksenia Pervak, wearing Uzbek national costume, seen during an award ceremony of WTA Tour final in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011. Top-seeded Ksenia Pervak won her maiden title, beating Eva Birnerova in the final of the Tashkent Open on Saturday. (AP Photo/ Anvar Ilyasov)
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Eva Birnerova of Czech Republic returns a shot in a match against Russia’s Ksenia Pervak in WTA Tour final in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011. Top-seeded Ksenia Pervak won her maiden title, beating Eva Birnerova in the final of the Tashkent Open on Saturday. (AP Photo/ Anvar Ilyasov)
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Russia’s Ksenia Pervak returns a shot in WTA Tour final in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011. Top-seeded Ksenia Pervak won her maiden title, beating Eva Birnerova in the final of the Tashkent Open on Saturday. (AP Photo/ Anvar Ilyasov)
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Russia’s Ksenia Pervak, left, and Eva Birnerova of Czech Republic, wearing Uzbek national costume, seen during an award ceremony of WTA Tour final in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011. Top-seeded Ksenia Pervak won her maiden title, beating Eva Birnerova in the final of the Tashkent Open on Saturday. (AP Photo/ Anvar Ilyasov)
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TASHKENT, Uzbekistan —
Top-seeded Ksenia Pervak of Russia won her maiden WTA title on Saturday, beating Eva Birnerova 6-3, 6-1 in the final of the Tashkent Open.
After Birnerova had rallied in the first set from 3-0 down to tie, Pervak responded by winning the next three games to take a 1-0 lead. She won four consecutive games in the second set, serving for the match at love and wrapping up the victory with an ace.
The 52nd-ranked Pervak has not dropped a set on the way to her second final of the season. She lost to Vera Zvonareva in the final at Baku in July and reached the fourth round at Wimbledon.
Birnerova of the Czech Republic, who mostly plays on the ITF circuit, competed in her first career WTA tour final.