Pennetta Acapulco Vacation a Winner After WTA Title

Top-seeded Flavia Pennetta won her second title of 2008 Sunday at the Abierto Mexicano TELCEL presented by HSBC, outlasting No. 2 seed Alize Cornet 6-0, 4-6, 6-1.

It was the sixth career title for the Italian, who won earlier this year at Vina del Mar.

Pennetta is now 24-4 lifetime in Acapulco after winning the title twice (2005, 2008), finishing runner-up three times (2004, 2006, 2007) and falling in the quarterfinals once (2003).

"I think I started the match very well, focusing really hard and not making many mistakes, just lots of winners," Pennetta said. "But in the second set I started thinking about the victory and got a little nervous. I sat down after the second set and thought about what I needed to do to take control again, and I just tried to focus like I did in the first set."

Cornet was appearing in her career-first tour final.

"It's disappointing to lose today; I felt pretty far away from the victory," Cornet said. "But I think Flavia deserved to win today. And this is such a nice tournament so I hope I can come back next year."