Unheralded Greta Arn completed her giant-killing run and claimed her second WTA Tour title when she beat champion and second seed Yanina Wickmayer 6-3 6-3 in the Auckland Classic final on Saturday. The 31-year-old Hungarian, who had expected to arrive in Auckland and play qualifiers before a raft of withdrawals promoted her into the main draw, had earlier knocked out three other seeded players on her way to the final.
She beat eighth seed Sofia Arvidsson then caused the upset of the tournament when she easily accounted for former world number one Maria Sharapova in the quarter-finals before beating fourth seed Julia Goerges to earn a place in the final.
The world number 88 was steady rather than explosive and helped by Wickmayer's numerous unforced errors throughout the match, though she faced a severe attack of nerves when she was serving for the title. Arn, whose previous other WTA tour title was at Estoril, Portugal, in 2007, said the victory in Auckland was a "dream come true." "The feeling, I couldn't believe it, I cannot describe it. "That's what you've wanted and you've got it."
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