Alize Cornet became the second Frenchwoman to win WTA Strasbourg after sealing a 7-6 6-0 victory over Lucie Hradecka in the final on Saturday.
Cornet emulated compatriot Aravane Rezai in 2009 in winning the title in Strasbourg as she edged out her Czech opponent in the first set before sweeping through the second with a bagel.
Hradecka, who has not won a WTA tournament in her career so far, had been looking to become the third Czech after Jana Novotna in 1989 and Nicole Vaidisova in 2006 to win the tournament, but Cornet was too strong.
After not reaching a final for all of 2009, 2010 and 2011, Cornet was runner-up in Strasbourg last year, and now she has gone one better after a comprehensive victory.
