A cloudy, uncertain weather had long worried the organizers of the Cagnes-sur-Mer tournament. But finally, a few rays of sunshine appeared to accompany Kaia Kanepi’s beautiful victory. The 25-year-old Estonian, ranked 126th in the world, proved to be the strongest in this 13th Open GDF Suez. She defeated Slovene Masa Zec-Peskiric on Sunday in the final, 6-3, 6-2. At the same time, she received the winner’s check of 11,000 euros presented by the organization.
A well-run organization, highlighted by the final speech of the mayor of Cagnes-sur-Mer, Louis Nègre. He made a point of particularly thanking “the players, the public, and the volunteers,” without whom, “nothing would have been possible.” In the previous final, that of the doubles, the French pair, composed of Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro and Kristina Mladenovic, lost to Mervana Jugic and Darija Jurak in 3 sets: 6-0, 2-6, 5-10.
