Kuznetsova for the second time in a row became the owner of the Kremlin Cup

Russian tennis player Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Australian Daria Gavrilova in the final of the Moscow tournament “VTB Kremlin Cup 2016”, the Championship reports.

The final match took place on October 22 in the Moscow Olympic SK and ended with a score of 2: 0 (6: 2, 6: 1). Svetlana Kuznetsova once served and made one double mistake. The total duration of the meeting was 1 hour and 14 minutes.

Thus, the Russian woman defended the title of the current Kremlin Cup. In 2015, she beat her compatriot Anastasia Pavlyuchenkov with a score of 2: 0 (6: 2, 6: 1). In addition, the victory in Moscow allowed Kuznetsova to qualify for the final tournament of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA).

On October 21, Svetlana Kuznetsova in the semifinals with a score of 2: 1 (6: 1, 6: 7, 6: 4) beat the Ukrainian Elina Svitolin.

Previously, on Saturday it became informed that Shamil Tarpishchev was re -elected as president of the Russian Tennis Federation (FTR) until 2020.