Myskina Wins 1st 2005 Title at WTA Kolkata

Anastasia Myskina turned her embattled 2005 campaign around Sunday with the title at the WTA stop in Kolkata, steamrolling Karolina "The Spreminator" Sprem 6-2, 6-2.

"It's very special to win this title because it's been nearly a year since I won a tournament," Myskina said. "It's only the start of the indoor season, and this is a time of year I normally play well, so it's good for me to win here. I really want to be in the Top 10 at the end of the year, so this will obviously be good for my ranking."

Sprem was forced to play catch-up right off the bat, going down 0-4 in the first set.

"I'm not disappointed because it was great for me to reach a final after so long," Sprem said. "I haven't had a very good year, so for me to do well here it gives me a lot of confidence and makes me believe I can get back to where I was in 2004."

In the doubles final Myskina teamed with countrywoman Elena Likhovtseva to win their first title as a team over Indians Neha and Shihka Uberoi 6-1, 6-0.