Tennis news - Luksika Kumkhum outclasses Sabine Lisicki to win Taipei Open title

ByReuters

Updated 18/11/2018 at 11:14 GMT

Thailand's Luksika Kumkhum powered past former Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki 6-1 6-3 to clinch the Taipei Open title on Sunday.

Luksika KumKhum of Thailand hits a return

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Second seed Kumkhum, who had not dropped a set in the previous rounds, maintained that clinical record against the German wildcard.

Lisicki was on the back foot early in the contest as she dropped her serve three times in the opening set, struggling to keep up with Kumkhum's searing groundstokes.

It took Kumkhum just 21 minutes to wrap up the opening set before converting another break point to claim her second WTA 125k series title of the season.

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