Tennis-Jovanovski fails to defend title in Tashkent

TASHKENT - Serbia's Bojana Jovanovski was unable to defend the title at the WTA tournament in Tashkent, losing it to Italy's Karin Knapp 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) in the final on Saturday.

From the very start of the match, it was clear that Jovanovski was not up to the task against the Italian who showed great determination to win.

Photo Tanjug, D. Stankovic (Archive)