Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia lost to Li Na of China in the final of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Saturday. - EPA
MELBOURNE (AFP): Dominika Cibulkova said Saturday the experience of playing a Grand Slam final would stand her in good stead and had given her confidence she can become Slovakia's first major champion.
The diminutive Cibulkova, seeded 20, battled hard in the first set against China's world number four Li Na in the Australian Open final, but she fell to pieces in the second, crashing 7-6 (7-3), 6-0.
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