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WTA Tournament of Champions: Andrea Petkovic fights back to beat Flavia Pannetta

Andrea Petkovic celebrates after winning the WTA Tournament of Champions final against Flavia Pennetta
Image: Andrea Petkovic: Celebrates after winning WTA Tournament of Champions final against Flavia Pennetta

Fourth seed Andrea Petkovic staged a gritty fightback to claim victory over Flavia Pannetta and lift the Garanti Koza WTA Tournament of Champions in Sofia.

The German looked to be heading for a crushing defeat after she managed to take just one game in the first set with Italian Pannetta clinching it 6-1 in just 36 minutes.

However, Petkovic rallied in the second to break in the opening game, an advantage she retained to take it 6-4.

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Her resurgence looked to have been curbed when third seed Pannetta took a 2-0 lead in the deciding set, but a run of six games in the final seven saw her close out a 1-6 6-4 6-3 victory.

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