(Translation from http://www.sportec.com/deportes/tenis/noticias/2003/04/20030413_2.htm)
Estoril tournament: Magüi Serna wins for the second consecutive year the Portuguese Open
The Spanish player Magüi Serna, second seed, won today Sunday, for the second consecutive year, the tennis tournament in Estoril, after defeating without many problems the German Julia Schruff, by 6-4 and 6-1. Serna, who in the last edition defeated the also German Anca Barna by 6-4 and 6-2, didn't have many problems to defeat the unknown German Schruff, who did enough with reaching this final unexpectedly. The Canarian player, who in some moments seemed that didn't want to risk too much, only had oposition in the first set -she lost her serve in the third game-, which was stopped during 20 minutes because of the rain.
The morning in Estoril was windy and the rain threatened the match till its beginning, the start of the match was delayed 15 minutes. Serna has a good career (with her title last year in the Portuguese tournament) and a good 43 place in the WTA ranking; her rival, a young German player who recognised on Saturday "being living a dream after reaching the final". In fact, this is the best performance for a player that so far hasn't only reach semifinals in the "challengers" tournaments. This difference of experience was clear in a match where the German player was rival only during a set against the tough Canarian player. So, Schruff, who didn't play a bad match, started breaking the Canarian in the third game, to lead by 2-1, however, without many changes, Serna was imposing -little by little- a consistent tennis based on a safe serve and a great concentration. With half an hour of play, the umpire stopped the match due to the rain, with 4-2 for Serna and with the German serving 30-0. Later, the Spaniard improved and won the ninth game to love; from there, Schruff started to feel tired after 7 consecutive games and made many errors. At the end, after the complainment by the German of some difficult balls, Magüi imposed her security and "closed" the first set by 6-4. The second set had less story, and the Canarian started to get many effective and characteristic serves, to break the serve of the German in the second game.
Although Schruff could recover her serve in the third game, with an effective two-hands backhand, the German was showing her desperation, complaining about the balls she lost. Without risking, Serna, who moved the German in a clever way, broke the rival's serve for the second time in the set; the match was over from there.