France's Pauline Parmentier won her second WTA title here on Sunday, beating Czech qualifier Lucie Hradecka 6-4, 6-4 in the finals of the clay-court tournament.
The 53rd-world ranked Frenchwoman followed on from her success in the semi-finals where she eliminated top seed Agnes Szavay of Hungary in straight sets to lift her second title after Tashkent in 2007. Parmentier, 22, lost her opening service game but stayed in the game thanks to a string of unforced errors from Hradecka and finally got the break at 4-3, wrapping up the first set in 35 minutes. The French player broke twice in the second to once for Hradecka.
But Parmentier pulled out several aces at key moments with another winner sealing victory after one hour 17 minutes on court.
The 23-year-old Hradecka, who is ranked just 232nd in the world, is more known as a doubles player and went on to win her fifth title here later on Sunday with partner Andrea Hlavackova.
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