GSTAAD: A tearful Kiki Bertens used an emotional change of ends in the deciding set of the Gstaad Ladies Championship final to beat Anett Kontaveit 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 on Sunday.
Leading 2-1 in the third set, the second-seeded Bertens sobbed tears in her chair as she talked with her coach, Raemon Sluiter.
Beaten here on the claycourts with their dramatic Swiss mountain backdrop back in 2016, Bertens then won four straight games to clinch the title against the third-seeded Estonian.
The 25-year-old Dutch right-hander cried again behind the baseline when Kontaveit netted a service return on the first match-point chance.
Both singles titles for Bertens this season have been on clay courts, taking her career tally to four.
Published in Dawn, July 24th, 2017
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