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Updated at 7:28 a.m., Sunday, October 26, 2008

Tennis: Dementieva takes third title of year in Luxembourg

Associated Press

LUXEMBOURG — Olympic champion Elena Dementieva won her third title of the year on Sunday, outlasting Caroline Wozniacki 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4) in the Fortis Championships.

The top-seeded Dementieva also won her last match against Wozniacki, beating the 18-year-old Dane en route to winning gold for Russia at the Beijing Olympics.

The 27-year-old Dementieva also won the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships in March. She is fifth in the world rankings.