By Alberto Amalfi | Sunday, October 16, 2016
Dominika Cibulkova conquered Viktorija Golubic, 6-3, 7-5, to claim her third title of the season in Linz and secure her spot in the WTA Finals.
Photo credit: Generali Ladies Linz
Dominika Cibulkova raised the title trophy in Linz and secured her spot in Singapore in the process.
Cibulkova conquered Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic, 6-3, 7-5, in the Linz final to capture her third title of the season.
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The victory vaults the 10th-ranked Slovak into the WTA Finals in Singapore for the first time.
Cibulkova is the seventh woman to qualify for the season-ending tournament.
The second-seeded Slovak capped a commanding run to the title. Cibulkova did not drop a set in five tournament victories defeating wild card Belinda Bencic, Annika Beck, fifth-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and fourth-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro en route to her 17th career final.
Cibulkova, who was runner-up to Petra Kvitova in Wuhan earlier this month, has won 10 of her last 12 matches.
Cibulkova defeated Camilia Giorgi to win the Katowice crown in April before stopping Karolina Pliskova to claim the Eastbourne championship on grass in June.