Cluj Final: Petkovic beats Sherif bid with first title in six years

German Andrea Petkovic won her seventh career title and first in six years with a comfortable 6-1, 6-1 victory over Mayar Sherif of Egypt in the final in Cluj on Sunday.

The former world number nine, now ranked 91, needed just over an hour to see off her 119th-ranked opponent who was bidding to become Egypt’s first WTA champion.

Petkovic, 33, has made the final at two of her last three events having finished runner-up in Hamburg.

She has won 12 of her last 14 matches overall.