MOSCOW — Italy's Roberta Vinci captured her 10th WTA singles title on Sunday after she outclassed Swiss teenager Belinda Bencic 6-4 6-3 to win the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy.
The U.S. Open finalist, who had previously announced that she would quit tennis at the end of 2016, showed that she still had the weapons to compete with her younger rivals as 18-year-old Bencic failed to cope with the second seed's attacking tactics.
Vinici, who ended Serena Williams' bid to complete a calendar grand slam in 2015 by beating the American in the U.S. Open semi-finals, broke Bencic three times in the first set and once in the second to win her first title since 2013.