Australian US Open champion Samantha Stosur has fallen to France's Marion Bartoli in the final of the Japan Open in Osaka.
The French second seed battered Stosur 6-3, 6-1 in just 74 minutes to claim back the title she first won in 2006.
It was Bartoli's second title of the season, following her triumph at Eastbourne, and seventh of her career.
She qualified for the final after eliminating third seed Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-1, 7-6 (7-5) in the rain-delayed semi-finals earlier in the day.
Stosur, who claimed her first WTA title in Japan in 2009, beat China's Zheng Jie 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 6-3 in a marathon semi that lasted two hours and 36 minutes.
Japan's Kimiko Date-Krumm gave local fans something to cheer about when she teamed up with China's Zhang Shuai to win the doubles title, beating American Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan 7-5, 3-6, 11-9.
AFP
Tags: tennis, sport, japan First posted October 16, 2011 20:40:05
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