2009 AEGON International 

Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, England | 13-20 June

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Saturday final

2009 AEGON International | 20 June

Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) defeated Virginie Razzano (France) 7-6, 7-5

Saturday report

Eastbournetennis.com | 20 June

20009 champion wozniacki"I felt the ball really well today," admitted newly crowned Eastbourne champion Caroline Wozniacki. Then beamed: "I won, and that’s the main thing, and I’m very happy."

The Monaco-based Danish teenager (pictured) showed flaws on her backhand but had the winning edge to triumph 7-6, 7-5 for her second title of 2009 and coyly confessed: "I enjoy playing on grass and I think it suits my game."

And to add to the 18-year-old's joyous week on the south coast of England, ex-Eastbourne champion Martina Navratilova predicted during the tournament that the Danish ace is the only outsider to win Wimbledon 2009.

Although Wozniacki was not as prolific in the final as the rest of the week, the ever-smiling blonde showed her grass court prowess by capturing the AEGON International with a two set struggle over Virginie Razzano.

A tight first set went into a tiebreak after only one break of serve a-piece, with Wozniacki whizzing into a comprehensive 6-1 lead. But Razzano fought back with some brave shotmaking and reel off four successive points before bowing out of the set 7-5.

Wozniacki continued confidently with an immediate break in the second set and at times struggled to cope with the French ace's approaches to the net and cracking forehand winners. 

Only the great Dane's serve kept matters tight and Wozniacki squealed with delight on match point only for her powerful serve to be called out at a very late stage. Razzano survived that point but eventually fell to finish a close runner-up in 101 minutes.

""It was a great, tough final. It was not easy for me to lose in two sets, but they were close," admitted 26-year-old runner-up Razzano. "I'm happy with my matches against Dementieva and Radwanska though. Today, I just wasn't as fresh as I was before."

Wozniacki smiled: "Every title means something special to me. It’s my first title [senior WTA Tour] on grass, so that means a lot to me. I believe I have a chance and when I go out there I want to win.” 

She added: “Both sets were very tight and I wish I could close it off a little bit earlier. But I mean it doesn’t matter how I won. I won, and that’s the main thing and I’m very happy.”