Ivanovic breezes to WTA title

Ivanovic, seeded seventh, won nine consecutive games in one stretch in taking a 6-1, 6-2 decision over Schnyder. It was her first WTA title since she won the Linz event in 2008. She has nine tournament titles overall.

Ivanovic made short work of Schnyder, who had knocked off three seeded players and dropped just one set on the week in making the Linz finals. Ivanovic recorded the second of her six service breaks in the fourth game and won the next eight games before dropping serve while up 5-0 in the second set.

Schnyder then posted her lone service game win before Ivanovic served out the match. Ivanovic won 65 percent of the points in the match, taking nearly two-thirds of the points on Schnyder's serve.

Ivanovic collected $37,000 for the win. She has won nearly $560,000 this year. Schnyder fell to 0-3 in finals since her last title, which was in September 2008. She took home $19,000 Sunday and her earnings in 2010 total more than $311,000.

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