Irina Begu stops qualifier Sasnovich to win in Seoul

Seoul: Irina Begu halted the sensational run of qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-3, 6-1 to win the Korea Open and lift her second WTA trophy on Sunday.

Belarussian Sasnovich beat Sloane Stephens and Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, the third and second seeds, on her way to the final but she could not maintain her level against Begu.

The Romanian top seed, ranked 107 places higher at 29, took advantage of an error-strewn first set from Sasnovich and did not look back as she swamped the 21-year-old in the second.

Begu, 25, won her only other WTA title at Tashkent in 2012. She has reached three other finals.