Third time's the charm for Dulko

General / Editor / 29 April 2007 / Leave a Comment

claimed her maiden WTA title with a 6-7 6-2 6-2 comeback win over Romanian teenager Sorana Cirstea in the final of the Budapest Grand Prix.

Victory was sweet for the Argentinian following defeats in her previous two finals at Hobart in 2005 and at the Pattaya Open in February.

Qualifier Cirstea had reached the final after an impressive run in Hungary, where she had defeated Greek fifth seed Eleni Daniilidou in the quarter-finals.

The 17-year-old Romanian, ranked 325, playing in only her second WTA main draw, took the first set on a tie-break after a tense start from both players.

But sixth-seeded Dulko eventually overcame her own nerves to run out an easy winner.
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