Goerges downs Bacsinszky for Gastein title

BAD GASTEIN, Austria, July 25 (UPI) -- Germany's Julia Goerges downed Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland 6-1, 6-4 Sunday to claim the Gastein Ladies tennis tournament in Austria.

Goerges had to record a pair of wins Sunday in addition to the final she had to play a semifinal match-up postponed from Saturday due to rain.

Goerges defeated France's Alize Cornet 6-1, 6-4 in the early match to advance. By then downing the second-seeded Bacsinszky in the title match, she became the second consecutive German to win the Gastein title.

Andrea Petkovic of Germany won the championship last year.