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Julia Goerges beat Caroline Wozniacki, the current world No. 1, to take the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, the first premier title of her young career. The score was 7-6(3), 6-3.
Two shocking things happened in this match. The first set went by without a break of serve and the world No. 1 never broke her opponent's serve for the entire match. That's right. Julia won the final without dropping her serve, saving all five break points. On clay.
For much of the match, the commentators compared the hard-hitting, No. 32-ranked German to former Roland Garros champion Mary Pierce. But everytime Julia would run around a backhand to take a forehand inside in and down the line, I was reminded of Steffi Graf. The young woman was simply fearless on all the big points and the younger woman who's made a career out of pushing forehands and running all day until her opponents run out of patience simply ran out of luck. Wozniacki had no answer for the barrage of forehands Goerges fired her way. 38 winners in all to just 9 for the computer's No. 1.
"I had goosebumps at match point. It was an unbelievable feeling playing the final with so many people watching," Goerges told the press in Stuttgart after the match. "Everything was going so well but you can never be sure against Caroline. She has turned lots of matches around when nobody expected her to. She is only beaten when the last point is over. Now I'm looking forward to my niece's baptism on Monday and being able to sleep in my own bed again after three months traveling the tour!"
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Elsewhere, Rafael Nadal won another title over David Ferrer. I feel asleep after the first set.
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