MOSCOW — Francesca Schiavone of Italy won the Kremlin Cup for her second career title, beating Olga Govortsova of Belarus 6-3, 6-0 on Sunday.

Schiavone improved to 2-10 in WTA Tour finals. She also won the 2007 Gastein Ladies.

The eighth-seeded Italian, the 2005 Kremlin Cup runner-up, broke in the eighth game of the first set after Govortsova had saved five break points in the sixth game.

Schiavone said that a break on the ninth deuce in the sixth game for a 4-2 lead was the key moment of the match.

"The game was very long but I did very good," she said. "Everything changed at that moment. When I found the way, it was much easier, and she (Govortsova) didn't know how to finish points, I think."

Govortsova broke back immediately, but Schiavone then won eight games in the row.

"It's difficult to play with Francesca on this (hard-court) surface," Govortsova said. "She practically made no mistakes. She made me run a lot in the first set and it had an impact on me later in the match."

The 24th-ranked Schiavone was playing in her second final in as many weeks, having lost to Samantha Stosur of Australia at Osaka, Japan.

The 67th-ranked Govortsova was playing in her second career final.

In the men's final later Sunday, Mikhail Youzhny of Russia was scheduled to face Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia.