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Sunday, 10 November, 2002, 12:25 GMT
Widjaja's Thai triumph
Angelique Widjaja claimed her second WTA title by beating Cho Yeon Jeong 6-2 6-4 in the Volvo Women's Open final in Thailand.
South Korea's Cho fought back in the second, but was troubled by a thigh injury. After both players gained breaks in the opening two games, each held serve before Widjaja broke Cho again in the sixth game to go 4-2 up, and then held to lead 5-2. The Korean double faulted to gift Widjaja set point at 5-2, and a mis-hit cross court return gave the Indonesian the first set. In the second set Cho immediately broke her 17-year-old opponent's serve and then held to go 2-0 up. Dug deep The Indonesian, clearly feeling the affects of beating top seed Tatiana Panova in a three-set semi-final and then playing in the doubles, was beginning to tire. But she then found her second wind as Cho's injury started to limit her mobility and fought back to 3-2 down. Cho received treatment from the tournament doctor before the sixth game and then dropped serve to allow Widjaja to tie the set at 3-3. The Korean dug deep to immediately break back but it was the end of her resistance and she dropped serve again. Widjaja then held hers to take a 5-4 lead and then broke Cho again with a cross-court winner on match point to secure victory.
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