Seventh-seeded Russian Daria Kasatkina rallied from a set down to beat unseeded American Shelby Rogers and capture the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic championship, winning the final 6-7 (2) 6-1 6-2.
The 25-year-old Kasatkina immediately found her rhythm again following a frustrating tiebreaker in a first set she had led 4-2 and 5-3 before being plagued by double faults and other mistakes in crucial moments.
Now, her first title this year and fourth overall will propel her back into this week's top-10 rankings -- with No.10 being her previous career best.
Kasatkina lost here in last year's championship. She became the first player to make consecutive finals in the event since Serena Williams in 2011-12 and earned her first title since St Petersburg last year.
She also snapped a two-match skid in finals, having lost last year here and at Birmingham. It also was her 200th career main draw win on tour.
Early on, Rogers scampered about the court to keep long baseline rallies alive before closing out points or forcing Kasatkina into an error. By the third set, however, she was slapping her leg in frustration and growling aloud.
Rogers rallied in the first set, playing impressive comeback tennis for a second straight day. She trailed 4-2 and 5-3 before going up 6-5, then held on to win the first set.
Kasatkina then gathered herself.
In the doubles final on Sunday, fourth-seeded Chinese pair of Xu Yifan and Yang Zhaoxuan defeated the unseeded duo of Shuko Aoyama from Japan and Chan Hao-Ching of Taiwan 7-5 6-0.
Australian Associated Press
