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One milestone gone Mauresmo beats Clijsters in Slovak final, wins 1st title
Posted: Sunday October 24, 1999 02:11 PM
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (Ticker) -- Top seed Amelie Mauresmo of France captured her first career WTA Tour title Sunday by beating No. 8 Kim Clijsters of Belgium in the final of the $112,500 Slovak Indoor tennis event. Playing in her fourth career final, Mauresmo finally broke through with a 6-3, 6-3 victory. The 20-year-old Frenchwoman, a runner-up at the Australian Open, earned $16,000. Clijsters, who claimed her first career title at the Seat Open in Luxembourg a month ago, failed to knock off her third straight seeded player after beating No. 2 Nathalie Dechy of France in the semifinals and No. 4 Sabine Appelmans of Belgium a round earlier.
The 16-year-old Clijsters is having an excellent first season.
She also reached the fourth round at Wimbledon, third round at
the U.S. Open, and quarterfinals at the Belgian Open.
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