Amelie Mauresmo grabs her 24th WTA title

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Published 18 February, 2007, 19:36

Amelie Mauresmo has won the final of the Diamond games in Antwerp. The top seed beat Belgian Kim Clijsters in straight sets 6-4, 7-6 to claim her 24th career WTA title.

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Clijsters did make a match of it in the second but the Frenchwoman’s power from the back of the court was just too much in the end.

Mauresmo will now receive a diamond studded racquet worth 1 MLN Euros.

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