Kuznetsova turned out to be stronger than Sharapova

Russian tennis player Svetlana Kuznetsova became the winner of the tournament from the Super -Otthevka series, which ended in Miami. In the main match of the forum, she defeated her compatriot Maria Sharapova with a score of 6: 4, 6: 3 and became the first Russian woman in history to win at the NASDAQ-100 Open tournament.

We add that for Kuznetsova this victory was the first in a solitary category after her triumph at the opening of the United States in 2004 . In total, for Svetlana, this title became the sixth in her career.

By the way, in addition to the sports achievement, Kuznetsov will also receive a material reward from the organizers, which is calculated by 535 thousand dollars.

And at the beginning of the week, Svetlana awaits another pleasant surprise. Looking at the WTA rank, she will be able to find her last name in the first "ten" of the best tennis players in the world.

As for Sharapova, she failed to win the second tournament in a row. Recall that two weeks earlier , Maria was the best on the superhuman in Indian-Wells .

WTA tournament. Miami (USA). Final

Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia, 12) - Maria Sharapova (Russia, 4) - 6: 4, 6: 3