By Adrianna Outlaw | Saturday, May 6, 2017

 

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova topped Francesca Schiavone in the Rabat final for her 10th straight WTA win and 10th career title.

Photo credit: Abierto GNP Seguros

Winning isn’t easy, but it is addictive and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova is hooked on the habit.

The top-seeded Pavlyuchenkova toppled Francesca Schiavone, 7-5, 7-5, in the Rabat final stretching her winning streak to 10 matches and collecting her 10th career title today.

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The match ended on a double fault from the 2010 Roland Garros champion.



It’s the second straight championship for the 25-year-old from Moscow and both have come with final victories over Grand Slam champions.

Pavlyuchenkova defeated world No. 1 Angelique Kerber to win Monterrey last month.

The 16th-ranked Russian permitted just one set in five tournament wins this week. That came in her 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, quarterfinal conquest of seventh-seeded American Lauren Davis.

Between her title runs in Monterrey and Rabat, Pavlyuchenkova suffered a Fed Cup loss to Elise Mertens last month, however the WTA does not that Fed Cup match as an official WTA match.