Italy’s Roberta Vinci is enjoying an impressive 2011 season so far, winning her third title of the year after beating Romania’s Irina-Camelia Begu to clinch the 2011 Budapest Grand Prix title. Vinci won 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 in this claycourt event.
The top-seeded player endured a tough week where she almost lost in a couple of matches in the earlier rounds. In the end, her experience paid off.
“I began well, but in the second set I felt tired and the heat made things more difficult. I didn’t play aggressively enough,” Vinci said.
“I was still tired in the third but at 4-2 down I pushed myself and told myself, ‘Come on, come on.’ I started to play stronger on my forehand and managed to turn things around,” she added.
The doubles event was won by top-seeds Alicja Rosolska and Anabel Media Garrigues.
