Tennis: Cirstea wins Tashkent Open for first WTA title
Associated Press
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — Sorana Cirstea of Romania won her first WTA Tour title Sunday, rallying to beat Sabine Lisicki of Germany 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7) in the Tashkent Open final.
Cirstea, seeded third and ranked 46th, hadn't dropped a set all week until losing the first to the fourth-seeded Lisicki.
Cirstea's previous best performance had been as runner-up in Budapest last year.
Lisicki, who reached her first WTA quarterfinal at Cincinnati in August, defeated top-seeded Peng Shuai of China to advance to her first final.