Wozniak beats Bartoli to win first title

By JOSH DUBOW - AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. -- Qualifier Aleksandra Wozniak became the first Canadian to win a WTA Tour singles title in 20 years, taking an advantage of an injury to Marion Bartoli to win the Bank of the West Classic 7-5, 6-3 on Sunday. Wozniak, 20, needed to win eight matches - including three qualifiers - in nine days to become the first Canadian since Jill Hetherington at Wellington in February 1988 to win a women's singles title. Wozniak was only 5 months old at the time. Only three other Canadian women have won tour titles: Patricia Hy-Boulais, Taipei, 1986; Helen Kelesi, Tokyo, 1986; and Carling Bassett-Seguso, Strasbourg, 1987. Wozniak also became just the third qualifier to win a tournament this year and the first to do it in a Tier II tournament - one with more than $600,000 in prize money. She... [read full story]