Azarenka takes Kremlin Cup title

MOSCOW, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Victoria Azarenka collected her second title of the year Sunday with a straight-set victory over Maria Kirilenko at the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament in Moscow.

Azarenka, the tournament's No. 2 seed, piled up six service breaks in defeating Kirilenko 6-3, 6-4. It was her fourth career WTA title and second since August when she won at Stanford.

She capped the match with a break, jumping out ahead 40-0 and, after the sixth-seeded Kirilenko staved off three break points, won the last two points and the title.

Azarenka had three breaks in each set, which offset the three breaks against her serve. She won 57 percent of the points in the match with a solid edge (33-26) in points won off Kirilenko's serve.

Azarenka won $157,427 for the Kremlin Cup championship and has collected nearly $1.2 million in winnings this year. Kirilenko, who took home $85,026 Sunday, has won more than $900,000 in 2010.

Azarenka, earlier in the tournament, wrapped up a spot in the season-ending WTA Championships. The event begins Tuesday in Qatar.