- (Sports Network) - Top-seeded Ana Ivanovic had no problem defeating Russian Vera Zvonareva in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1, to capture the $600,000 Generali Ladies Linz tennis event. The former world No. 1 Ivanovic, who defeated third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 in the semifinals of this tournament, earned $95,500 for her victory.

Serbia's Ivanovic added some hardware to what has been a solid year. She took home the French Open title and lost in the Australian Open final earlier this year.

"Every final is a new experience and winning a title is always special," said Ivanovic. "Especially after coming back from an injury and putting in a lot of hard work, it's great to see the results. It's a very good feeling to win another title. I played better and better in every match and really enjoyed my week in Linz."

Ivanovic had two aces and did not double fault on her serve, while Zvonareva did not collect an ace and had seven double faults. The top-seeded Ivanovic converted on all six of her break-point opportunities.

Zvonareva crushed sixth-seeded Frenchwomen Marion Bartoli, 6-0, 6-1, in here semifinal encounter. She walked away with $51,000 as runner-up.

"I'm really disappointed with how I played today; I had no concentration at any stage of the match," said Zvonareva. "Maybe today I finally paid for all of the travelling and the many matches I've played over the last several weeks. Against a player like Ana you have to be 100%; she played well and I wasn't in it at all. I'll talk to my coach and see what happened."







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