Radwanska upsets Zvonareva to win San Diego

SAN DIEGO, California: Agnieszka Radwanska dominated top seed Vera Zvonareva 6-3, 6-4 on Sunday to claim her first title in three years with victory at the WTA San Diego Open.

Radwanska, the third seed from Poland, played all week with a nerve problem in her heavily taped right shoulder. But she improved on her runner-up finish here last year to Svetlana Kuznetsova.

Radwanska hadn't reached a final since her appearance here last year, but on Sunday her triumph snapped Zvonareva's match winning streak at nine.

Although Zvonareva was able to save one match point, she ultimately couldn't hold off Radwanska and smashed a racquet in defeat.

Radwanska needed 79 minutes to complete her first career victory over Zvonareva, a two-time Grand Slam finalist who last beat Radwanska in Miami in March.

Radwanska pocketed the first set in 30 minutes on the back of a service break in the fourth game.

She took control of the second set with a break for 2-1 and carried the margin to the win.

Radwanska, playing her seventh career final, claimed her fifth career title but her first since Eastbourne in 2008.