SEOUL, South Korea -- Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska rallied from a set down on
Sunday to beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-4 and win the Korea
Open. Radwanska hit five aces and took advantage of 10 double-faults by the
third-seeded Russian player to win her third title of the year and 13th overall.
"It was a very close match, tight sets, all of them," Radwanska said. "But I was
just a little bit better in the important moments today." Pavlyuchenkova rallied
from 3-0 down in the first set and fought off four set points in her 5-6 service
game before taking a one-set lead. But the momentum shifted when Radwanska won
the first three games of the second set. The Pole stayed on serve with
Pavlyuchenkova through the first nine games of the third set before one last
break to close out the match in 2 hours, 45 minutes. "Its tough losing this
match after fighting so long and coming so close," Pavlyuchenkova said. "Its
difficult and frustrating, but in tennis you can be up then down." Radwanskas
previous two titles this year came in the first two weeks of the year, in
Auckland and Sydney. She is the fourth player to win three or more titles so far
this season, after Serena Williams (9), Simona Halep (4) and Victoria Azarenka
(3). Radwanska, No. 4 in the world rankings, improved to 3-1 in head-to-head
matches against Pavlyuchenkova, who is ranked 32nd. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico --
Michigan knew Florida State would present problems after watching the Seminoles
pick apart a talented VCU squad in their first game of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off.
What the Wolverines didnt know is that theyre a lot more resilient than they
might have realized. Nik Stauskas scored 26 points, including seven in overtime,
as No. 14 Michigan erased a 16-point second-half deficit to beat Florida State
82-80 Friday in the island tournament. The win earned the Wolverines (4-1) a
spot in Sundays championship game against Charlotte, which beat Northeastern
86-77 in the other semifinal. "I think we just didnt want to go home with
another loss on our chest. We came together as a team," Michigan guard Derrick
Walton Jr. said. "We stayed together the whole time and possession after
possession we got stops and it paid off at the end." Walton Jr. added 15 points
and Mitch McGary had 14 points and 12 rebounds in his third game back from a
back injury. McGary logged 33 minutes and went just 6 for 15 from the field, but
kept the Wolverines competitive inside against the much bigger Seminoles front
line. "Tonight was a battle. I think we stuck together as a team and showed our
core values tonight," McGary said. "Going in at halftime we were down 10 and we
still had a positive attitude toward the game, we just knew we needed to get
stops each possession. "Theres not a 10-point basket we could use to get back in
the game. We just had to grind it out each possession and thats that we did," he
said. FSU (4-1) had a chance to win the game in the final seconds, but a
midcourt heave by Aaron Thomas bounced off the backboard. Ian Miller had 19
points to lead four Seminoles players in double figures, but he had just three
after halftime. Okaro White added 18 points and Montay Brandon chipped in 14 in
the Seminoles first loss of the season. Coach Leonard Hamilton said he thought
Michigans change to a 1-3-1 zone defence disrupted not Miller, but the flow of
his entire team. He also said that self-inflicted mistakes when players dribbled
off their feet or stepped out of bounds late in the game were too much to
oveercome.dddddddddddd "It made us tentative, we were not nearly as aggressive
and then on the defensive end they did a very good job of attacking the basket
and getting to the foul line," Hamilton said. "We tried to attack the basket and
we couldnt get to the foul line ... they deserved this victory today." Michigan
came out aggressive in overtime, with Stauskas scoring six of the Wolverines
first eight points. He made one of two foul shots with 1:17 to play to put
Michigan up 80-77. The Seminoles misfired on two possessions that could have
tied it, and Walton made a pair of free throws to make it 82-77 with 14.8
seconds left. FSU wasnt finished, though. Miller broke a second half scoring
drought with a 3-pointer that made it 82-80 with just 5 seconds remaining. After
trailing by double figures for most of the second half, the Wolverines got a
steal and 3-pointer by Spike Albrecht to cut the lead to 56-51 with 9:04 to play
in regulation. Brandon scored six straight points for FSU to make it 63-54,
before a basket by Stauskas got the Wolverines back within seven. Walton then
got loose under the basket a few possessions later and was fouled as his layup
dropped through to make it 64-58 with 3:52 remaining. He hit the free throw to
complete the three-point play. The Wolverines kept scrapping and got a 3-pointer
from Robinson to pull back within 67-63. Robinson then got a strip on defence
and was fouled on the fast break. He hit a pair of free throws to cut the lead
to just a basket. Two foul shots on the other end by Devon Bookert put FSU back
up by four, but it went right back to 69-67 on a two free throws by Stauskas
with less than a minute to play. FSU took the shot clock down, but Bookerts
3-pointer from the corner was long. Michigan coach John Beilein said his team
will only get better, and expects McGary to continue to be a key cog in that
development. "You could see it a couple of times he wasnt ready for the 33
minutes," He said. "Hes so far (away), his timing and all those things are so
far off. But he gives us some energy and some rebounding that few people in the
country have right now."
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