On Saturday in Belgium, in the final of the Brussels Ladies Open, this year's champ at Miami and Dubai, 23 year old top seeded #3 (career high: #3) Agnieszka Radwanska from Krakow, Poland, defeated the 2011 Fès finalist, 20 year old #48 (career high: #40) Simona Halep from Constanta, Romania, 7-5, 6-0 (Aga is shown holding the hardware after the match).     Agnieszka's prize is $107,000; Simona's prize is $57,000.     Simona almost won the 1st set, serving for it at 5-4. Agnieszka said: "On clay I think I need longer to warm up, not just the five minutes before the match. At the end I won nine games in a row. It was a good comeback, I think. And it's always great to win a tournament. I'm happy to get some good preparation in ahead of the French Open." WTA story     Simona said: "I had some chances in the first set on my serve and I didn't take them. But it was my first Premier final and I'm really happy for it. I improved a lot this week and had some good wins against some tough players."     Simona and Agnieszka had met only once before, last year on a Plexicushion hardcourt in the 3rd round of the Australian Open, when Agnieszka defeated Simona 6-1, 6-2.     Agnieszka is now 10-2 in WTA singles finals, and she has won the last six finals she has reached. Aga has a 36-7 singles match record this season, with more match wins thus far than any other player in the WTA. Six of her losses were to #1 Victoria Azarenka, the other to Petra Cetkovska.

    Simona is now 0-3 in WTA singles finals. She reached the Fes final in 2010, and again in 2011. Simona has a 21-13 singles match record in 2012.

    Meanwhile in France, in the final of the Internationaux de Strasbourg, the 2010 French Open champion (and 2011 finalist), 31 year old 2nd seeded #14 (career high: #4) Francesca Schiavone from Milan, Italy, defeated the 2008 Budapest champion, 22 year old wild card #86 (career high: #11) Alizé Cornet from Nice, France, 6-4, 6-4 (Francesca is shown holding the glassware after the match).

    Francesca's prize is $37,000; Alizé's prize is $19,000.

    Francesca was 8-14 for the year before this week. Francesca said: "I haven't played my best for a while. When I go home and go out to dinner, people say I'm sad. I say, 'I keep losing first round. Should I be happy?' Now they are writing for me to keep going and winning more." WTA story

    Alizé said: "Right now I'm disappointed, but Francesca was playing well the whole week, not even losing a set. And my tennis is improving and coming back again. It was only positives for me this week, and now I hope I can recover and have a good tournament at Roland Garros."

    Francesca leads Alizé 8-1 in career matches and has won their last seven meetings. Their previous encounter was last year on a Plexipave hardcourt in the 2nd round at Indian Wells, when Francesca defeated Alizé 6-2, 6-3.

    2010 French Open champion Francesca is now 5-11 in WTA singles finals; she reached nine finals before winning her first title at Bad Gastein in 2007. Francesca has a 13-14 singles match record in 2012.

    Alizé is now 1-3 in WTA singles finals; this was her first final since 2008, when she won the title at Budapest and reached the finals at Acapulco and Rome. Alizé's singles match record this season is 25-15.

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