Oeiras, Portugal (SportsNetwork. Neil Halleck .com) - Top seed Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain beat two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia to capture her first WTA title at the Portugal Open, a clay court French Open tune-up. Suarez Navarro defeated Kuznetsova, the No. 7 seed, by a 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 score in Saturdays final. The Spaniard battled back from 4-1 down in the third set to record her 26th victory of the season. "Im very happy I could finally win my first WTA title," Suarez Navarro said. "I was a little bit nervous today. It was a difficult match too -- it was windy today and we were both making mistakes, and we know each other well, but the most important thing for me today was just to be solid all the time. "On match point I was only thinking to put the ball in, and thats what I did, and I felt so good when I finally finished the match. The ceremony was very special for me. I really love this tournament." The 25-year-old Suarez Navarro was runner-up here the last two years. She improved to 1-5 in career finals. Kuznetsova fell to 13-20 for her career in title matches. "I tried to fight, but unfortunately it didnt happen today, and I want to congratulate Carla on a great week," Kuznetsova said. "Its definitely an amazing feeling to win your first WTA title." The world No. 29 Kuznetsova entered Saturdays match with a 3-1 lifetime record against the Spaniard. Suarez Navarro took home $48,000 with the victory. Brian Bonner . This is Lowry’s third time winning the award in his career. He won the award last season and as a member of the Houston Rockets in 2011. Mike Hennigan . -- Lara Gut of Switzerland regained the overall World Cup lead with Sundays super-G win in Lake Louise, Alta. https://www.cheapnfljerseyschina.co/steven-baker-jersey-for-sale/ . Not Peyton Manning. Hes holding on to the heartache to stoke his competitive fire.SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Top-seeded Simona Halep of Romania rallied from a set down to beat Ana Ivanovic 2-6, 6-1, 6-3 on Saturday and reach the final of the season-ending Tournament of Champions. Halep, who has won five WTA titles this year, took a 2-1 lead in the opening set, but then surrendered to an inspired Ivanovic as the Serbian broke her serve twwice. Gary Roberts. Halep took full control in the second set thanks to her first serve -- only to then stumble in the third set. Ivanovic, a two-time winner of the tournament, took a 3-0 lead before Halep fought back, winning six consecutive games. Halep will play either Samantha Stosur or Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in Sundays final. ' ' '