Top-seeded Iga Swiatek bounced back from a rough start to post a 1-6, 7-6 (3), 7-5 victory over second-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova on Sunday in the final of the Korea Open in Seoul.

Swiatak, of Poland, recorded her third win of the season and 25th in her career in two hours, 41 minutes despite committing nine double faults and being edged 6-2 in aces by her Russian adversary.

Alexandrova, the 2022 champion of this event, won the first set in 30 minutes before Swiatek found her groove. The six-time Grand Slam champion and Alexandrova exchanged service breaks to start the second set, then held serve to force a tiebreaker. Swiatek won the first three points in the tiebreaker and increased her advantage to 5-2 before winning to force the decider.

Alexandrova took a 3-1 lead in the third se

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