At the start of the Stuttgart tournament, no one had an inkling that local player, Julia Goerges (#32) would take it all the way. She becomes the second German player to win this tournament, after Anke Huber.
What makes her victory more interesting is that she defeated world #1 Caroline Wozniacki in the finals, Samantha Stosur in the semi's, and Victoria Azarenka (another clay court titlist this season) in the second round - to achieve it. These three are probably the most likely players favored to win Roland Garros this year. So this puts her as one of dark horses now for Roland Garros.
This is her second WTA title with the first one coming from Bad Gastein last year. This was her path to the championship -
C - Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) (#1) 76(3) 63
SF - Samantha Stosur (AUS) (#7) 64 36 75
QF - Sabine Lisicki (GER) (#155) 64 64
2R - Victoria Azarenka (BLR) (#5) 46 Retd.
1R - Michaella Krajicek (NED) (#140) 63 61
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