Shuai Zhang claimed her second Guangzhou Open title with a tightly contested three set win over Aleksandra Krunic. In the first meeting between the two players, the No. 2 seed secured a 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 victory over the unseeded Serb to reclaim the crown she previously won in 2013. Krunic -- ranked 65th in the world -- was playing in her first WTA final after easing to an impressive 6-3 6-3 win over Yanina Wickmayer in the previous round. Victory over the 23-year-old not only gave Zhang the chance to lift a trophy in front of her of home crowd, but it also provided her with her first title in four years.
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