RABAT - Timea Bacsinszky clinched her first title of 2016 on Saturday with a straight sets win over Marina Erakovic in the Rabat final in a timely boost ahead of the French Open where she was a semi-finalist last year.
Swiss Timea Bacsinszky returns a shot during the Tennis Fed Cup semi-final between Switzerland and Czech Republic on April 17, 2016 in Lucerne, Switzerland
The top-seeded Swiss star cruised to a 6-2, 6-1 win over her New Zealand opponent after a week which saw her lose just one set in five matches at the Moroccan claycourt event.
It was Bacsinszky's first title on red clay with all three of her previous tournament victories coming on hardcourts.