Armenian-born tennis player wins WTA tournament in BakuAugust 3, 2015 - 11:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian tennis player of Armenian descent, Margarita Gasparyan and her one-handed backhand won an all-WTA Rising Star final against Patricia Maria Tig, making this her first WTA title of her career at the Baku Cup, WTA website reports. A day earlier, the two upstarts - Gasparyan unseeded, Tig a qualifier - took out the Top 2 seeds in the semifinals of the International event, Tig beating No.1 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Gasparyan No.2 seed Karin Knapp - and both of them brought their very best with the title on the line, too. She drew high praise from Serena Williams at Wimbledon. Gasparyan is the first player with a one-handed backhand to win a WTA title this year. It's actually been over a year since the last time it happened: Carla Suárez Navarro with a one-handed backhand was the last to win a WTA title at Oeiras in April 2014. Gasparyan came on court a little bit later and won the doubles title. Seeded No.1 alongside Alexandra Panova, she beat No.2 seeds Vitalia Diatchenko and Olga Savchuk in the final, 6-3, 7-5, the website reports. "It's been an amazing tournament for me," Gasparyan said. "It was an amazing atmosphere in the final today. I want to thank all the people who've supported me, like my hitting partner Misha, my doubles partner Alexandra and all of the organization here.” Photo: RIA Novosti Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |