Yayuk and Vis win du Maurier Open

Yayuk and Vis win du Maurier Open

TORONTO (Agencies): Indonesia's Yayuk Basuki and Caroline Vis of the Netherlands upset the second-seeded team of Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf of the Netherlands 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 at the du Maurier Open on Sunday.

Yayuk/Vis, sixth seeded in the tournament, reached their second title this year after winning the Acura Classic tournament in Los Angeles, California, two weeks ago.

The du Maurier Open and Acura Classic were the warm up tournaments before the US Open, with the Atlanta tournament this week.

The US Open, which is the last Grand Prix series after the Australia Open, the France Open and the Wimbledon, will take place in New York from Aug. 25 to Sept. 7.

But Yayuk will have to work hard to realize her ambition to make the top 20 because she hasn't been successful in the US Open in the last five years. Right now she is ranked 24th in the world.

Former number one Monica Seles of the United States defeated Anke Huber of Germany 6-2, 6-4 for her third straight title and bagged US$ 150,000.

Seles, who started the week ranked third on the WTA Tour, will be second to Martina Hingis when the next rankings are released. Hingis didn't play in the du Maurier because of visa problems.

Seles hit 22 winners but added 28 unforced errors, while Huber had only 15 winners -- none in the second set -- and 34 unnecessary miscues, a gift Seles needed.

Huber double-faulted eight times, the last one coming on match point -- a fitting end to a faulty final.

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