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WTA roundup: Goerges claims Luxembourg title

Top-seeded German Julia Goerges claimed her second title of the year on Saturday, beating Switzerland's Belinda Bencic 6-4, 7-5 in the final of the BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open. For Goerges, it was her first final in Luxembourg -- the site of her WTA debut -- since 2010. "This tournament is so special for me because it was my first WTA tournament when I was 14 years old, and the next year when I was 15, in the main draw," she said. Goerges, 29, didn't drop a service game throughout and praised the 21-year-old Bencic afterward. "Belinda had a great week and a great effort this week, coming through qualifying to make the final. She's been in the Top 10 and I know how tough it is to get there." The WTA's ninth-ranked Goerges improved to 2-1 lifetime against Bencic, No. 47, as she claimed the sixth title of her career. Kremlin Cup Hometown hero Daria Kasatkina fulfilled a childhood dream, rallying to beat qualifier Ons Jabeur 2-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4 in the final in Moscow. "It was a dream of mine since childhood, to win the Kremlin Cup in front of my crowd," Kasatkina said, per the WTA. "I'm so happy, I still can't believe it. " Jabeur -- the first woman from Tunisia to make a WTA semifinal -- started strong against the Russian No. 6 seed but couldn't seal the deal in her first WTA final. "I'm very happy that I made it to the final," Jabeur said afterwards. "It was very long, eight matches was kind of long for me coming from qualifying. But I wanted to win today." Kasatkina recovered from a disastrous first set to win the second in a tiebreak, thanks in large part to 38 unforced errors from Jabeur. The pair previously met in the 2016 Olympics, where Kasatkina also rallied after being a set and a break down. --Field Level Media