Ostapenko cruises to Luxembourg title

The Associated Press ·
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 01: Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia returns the ball during her women's singles third round match against Maria Sharapova of Russia on Day Six of the 2018 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 1, 2018 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.
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LUXEMBOURG (AP) Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia beat former doubles partner Julia Goerges 6-4, 6-1 to win the Luxembourg Open final on Sunday.

The pair played together in doubles in 2017, but this was the first singles final between them.

Ostapenko, a former French Open champion, won her third WTA singles title and first since Seoul in 2017.

Defending champion Goerges was on a nine-match winning streak. The second-seeded German conceded her title with her third double-fault of the match.

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