Final:
Sorana Cirstea (Romania) v Barbora Krejcikova (5) (Czech Republic)
The pair had met twice before, with one win apiece.
Krejcikova opened impressively, charging to a 3-0 lead, a love game on serve squeezed between two breaks of the Romanian.
The Czech player then saved three break points before holding for 4-0.
Cirstea saved two set points when Krejcikova was serving at 5-2, and ended up retrieving one of the breaks to trail 3-5.
However, Krejcikova immediately struck back to break and take the set 6-3.
Serve was broken in five of the first six games of set two, which left Krejcikova ahead 4-2.
From there, only a single point went against serve, and Krejcikova sailed to a 6-3 6-3 victory.
It was the first WTA title from three finals for Krejcikova. Two finals this year, the other was a loss to Garbiñe Muguruza in Dubai.
Krejcikova moves up to a career high ranking of #33 and will be a dangerous floater at Roland Garros next week.
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