Chinese wildcard Zhang Shuai overpowered qualifier Vania King of the United States 7-6 (7/1), 6-1 to win the $500,000 WTA Guangzhou Open on Saturday.
Zhang, who had the home crowd firmly behind her, claimed the title in just over 90 minutes to make a nonsense of her lowly world ranking of 112.
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King, ranked 124 in the world, more than held her own in the narrow first set that went to tiebreak.
But Zhang rammed home a 7-1 advantage in the tiebreak and then sent King packing in the one-sided second set.
All the seeds went out of the Guangzhou showpiece by the semi-final stage.
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