Intro:

Andrea Petkovic won the WTA Tournament of Champions final on Sunday (2nd November), beating Flavia Pennetta in the final.

Script:

Andrea Petkovic beat Flavia Pennetta to claim the 2014 WTA Tournament of Champions in Sofia, Bulgaria on Sunday. The match ended with a score of 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the last championship of the season.

The opening set was actually dominated by Pennetta, who broke the German's set three times, and won the opening set after just 35 minutes.

Petkovic regained her composure in the second set, and won it with an immense serve.

The third set saw a firm and decisive Petkovic, who ruthlessly held on to break Pennetta's serve and closed the set 4-3.

An unfortunate double fault led Petkovic to seize the advantage and clinch her title 6-3.

SOUNDBITE: (English) Andrea Petkovic, 2014 Tournament of Champions winner:

"It was definitely a great season and I am especially happy that I met Flavia in the final because we are both coming back from injury and it's so amazing I was so happy when she won Indian Wells, I was really cheering for her because I know what she went through and it's really nice for us to play in the final after this season coming back from injury. So congratulations and I hope next season will be even better."

This is Petkovic's third WTA title of the year, and the first time that the 27 year old has won a hard-court event.