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FINAL: Capriati D K. Maleeva 6-2, 6-3
After San Diego, Jennifer won her second tournament of the year in a row, after a 16-match win streak. She won easly
the final against Katerina Maleeva, but she defeated world number 3 Sabatini en route (she retired after lost the
first set).
Walking toward the final
FIRST ROUND. BYE
SECOND ROUND. Capriati D De Lone 6-4, 6-0
THIRD ROUND. Capriati D Gomer 6-2, 6-3
QUARTERFINAL. Capriati D Zvereva 6-1, 6-1
SEMIFINAL. Capriati D Sabatini 6-4, 2-3 retired
Final's report
In the first set, Jennifer went up 4-0 with two breaks. She took another break in fifth game but lost the serve
when she was near to close the set and Maleeva went on 2-5. Jen served again for the set and won it for 6-2.
She took a break also on the first game of second set, but gave it back in the next one (1-1). In third game there was
another break for Jennifer (3-1) and another one in fifth game. On 5-1 she had two match points on Maleeva's serve,
but she failed both with two return errors. She went to serve for the match on 5-2, but she badly lost the serve in
her worst game of the match. Maleeva served on 3-5, but she lost again the serve (she was broken 7 times in the whole
match) and Jennifer captured the title at her third match point.
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