Russian “racket” Elena Dementieva won in Dubai (UAE) at a tennis tournament with a prize pool of $ 1.5 million. Dementieva earned in the emirate, thanks to her victory, 250 thousand dollars. Her rival in the final Svetlana Kuznetsova will receive 130 thousand dollars.
In the final of the competition, 26-year-old Elena in a bitter struggle beat the second racket of the tournament Svetlana Kuznetsova 4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2. The final match of the Russians lasted more than two hours. Tennis players have met eight times before. Dementieva won three times and lost five times. In the finals of the competition, the athletes met only at the US Open in 2004. Then Kuznetsova won.
