Davenport Cruises to WTA Bali Title

Top seed Lindsay Davenport capped her resort vacation week at the WTA stop in Bali without dropping a set, Sunday defeating No.4 seed Francesca Schiavone 6-2, 6-4 for her fourth title of the year.

"It's tough sometimes to play four weeks in a row and still to come out on top," Davenport said. "I've played a lot of matches the last few weeks and I felt this whole week was a success. I won in straight sets every match, and it's not always easy to win when you're expected to win. I felt I handled that very well this week."

Davenport was broken at 2-2 in the second set but recovered even with the Italian Sciavone stepping up her level.

"The balls were definitely coming a little bit harder and deeper," Davenport said. "She wasn't really allowing me to be inside the baseline as much as I was in the first set. I didn't play a great game to get broken, but overall I got it back together at the end and obviously I'm happy to come out with a victory."

Davenport will remain at No. 2 on the WTA Rankings, but will have a chance to overtake Maria Sharapova next week when both players compete at Beijing.

Schiavone fell to 0-3 in career finals in Bali.

"In the second set I tried to serve better and to do better with my return and make her play what she doesn't want," Schiavone said. "I tried to run faster, but it's not easy when she hits the ball with such good timing."

In the doubles final, top seeds Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Meghann Shaughnessy won their first title as a team with a 6-3, 6-2 win over No. 4-seeded Chinese Yan Zi and Zheng Jie.