April 18, 2004 Loit Wins Second Title in Two Weeks ESTORIL, Portugal - After waiting years to capture her first WTA Tour title, Emilie Loit only had to wait a matter of days before winning her second title at the Estoril Open. The No.3 seeded Frenchwoman, who had played in the main draw or qualifying of 134 WTA Tour events before winning her first career title last week in Casablanca, won her second singles title in as many weeks on Sunday with a 75 76(1) victory against No.6 seed Iveta Benesova in 1 hour, 51 minutes. "It has been two spectacular weeks," said Loit. "It's been my Grand Slam. I didn't think I could win, but I really tried to. I'm very happy with what I have achieved, it's the result of all the work I've been doing the past few weeks." Loit, who now owns a 10-match winning streak, got off to a great start in the championship match for the second straight week - taking a 4-1 lead in the first set before Benesova stormed back to win the next four games. The Czech player served for the first set at 5-4 before losing her service game and had the opportunity to force a tiebreak, but Loit away again able to get the break back and win the first set. Loit produced an identical 4-1 lead at the start of the second set as Benesova again roared back to even things up and had the opportunity to serve for the set at 5-4 and 6-5, but Loit held her ground to force a tiebreak. In the tiebreak, Loit jumped out to a 6-0 lead and won the match two points later when Benesova's forehand sailed wide. "Technically, today I wasn't so good," said Loit. "Yesterday was a lot better. I didn't play my best tennis but I was so confident that I felt that I can win the title. Normally it would have been easier to win after the first one, but today's final was very tough. I had a lot of stress at 4-1, felt the pressure, but then it turned out to be that I was very tired. After a 5-0 start to the clay court season in Casablanca, the 24-year-old Loit brought the same form with her to Estoril. She started with an easy 62 62 victory against Els Callens in the first round, before a rematch of the Casablanca final with Ludmila Cervanova awaited her in the second round. Loit triumphed again in their second match in four days, this time only giving up two games in a 62 60 win. She dropped her only set of the tournament in the quarterfinals, but still managed to defeat Klara Koukalova, 63 26 64 and followed by defeating Marta Marrero for the second straight week in the semifinals, 64 64. Benesova had defeated Loit in their last outing, a 76(4) 61 decision earlier this year in Acapulco, en route to the Czech player's first career title. "It was a tough match today," Benesova said. "I was down 4-1 in both sets and came back to serve for both sets but I couldn't hold. I wasn't aggressive enough. But I have to give credit to Emilie, she played really well on the big points. "It's a bit disappointing to lose such a close match, but I've played good tennis and improved the whole week, so it's been a great tournament for me." http://www.wtatour.com/newsroom/stories/NewsArticle_3935_rx.asp -- 無媚有清苦。 --

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