Title-Hungry Alex Corretja snapped a trophy drought lasting for nearly a year as he claimed his third Swiss Open title here today beating Argentine Gaston Gaudio 6-3, 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/3).The likeable 28-year-old Spanish eighth seed credited the good food of Gstaad — I really like the spaghetti here — for his long-sought success.Corretja, who has played in three French Open finals, won the Gstaad title in 1998 and 2000 but his last tournament triumph came 51 weeks ago in Amsterdam, also on clay.The victory continued the long-time Spanish domination of this high-altitude event, where the clay plays much like a hard-court due to the village’s altitude of 1,030 metres above sea level. Spaniards have won five of the last six finals, with Corretja’s last triumph here one of five titles he won during 2000.“This court suits my game,” said the winner.“I didn’t lose a set all week. I’m really happy with the way that I played. It’s good to win a title again.” Victory took Corretja’s haul to 16 career titles from 29 finals and an overall record this year of 23 wins and 11 losses. Zvonareva reaches maiden WTA finalPalermo (Sicily): Russian teenager Vera Zvonareva reached her first career WTA final when top-seeded Paola Suarez of Argentina withdrew, blaming severe fatigue, during their semi-final match in the 110,000 palermo WTA Tour tournament today.In tomorrow’s final, the 17-year-old player from Moscow will take on another Argentine opponent, sixth-seeded Mariana Diaz Oliva.Diaz Oliva, 26, stunned second-seeded Slovak Henri Etanagyova in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3 in another semi-final match.Suarez, ranked 30th in the WTA lists and a losing doubles finalist at Wimbledon, gave up after losing 7-5 the first set, which was occasionally interrupted for her treatment by a physiotherapist.Italian organisers said the Argentine player was suffering from severe fatigue and fits of giddiness because of heat and a streak of demanding matches.She went to third sets in the previous matches on clay court in this Sicilian capital after losing the Wimbledon doubles final to the Williams sisters, Serena and Venus.Suarez was in a team with Spain’s Virginia Ruano Pascualin the prestigious English tournament on grass.Nagyova also needed treatment during her match with Diazoliva, because of shoulder pain, but made it to the end of the two sets.
