Top-seeded Van Uytvanck beats Errani for Veneto Open title
GAIBA, Italy (AP) - Top-seeded Alison Van Uytvanck beat Italian veteran Sara Errani 6-4, 6-3 to win the inaugural Veneto Open on Sunday.
For her sixth career title, the 47th-ranked Van Uytvanck completed the first WTA tournament played on natural grass in Italy without dropping a set.
The 35-year-old Errani, a French Open finalist a decade ago, is ranked No. 213.
All nine of Errani's career singles titles came before she served a doping ban in 2017 and 2018.
The Veneto Open was held in Gaiba, a village of less than 1,000 inhabitants - making it the smallest town in the world to host a WTA tournament. Organizers used former soccer fields for the courts.
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