Clijsters also had problems, missing two weeks because of hip problems and the flu ahead of this tournament.
Shvedova triumphs
Yaraslova Shvedova of Russia won her first WTA Tour title by surprising top-seeded defending champion Mara Santangelo of Italy 6-4, 6-4 in the Sony Ericsson International final on Sunday.
Before this week, the 143rd-ranked Shvedova had only two wins on the main tour.
"It's been a wonderful week, winning one's first title surely is a very special moment," she said. "Playing my first final, I took one game at a time and tried to keep things simple."
Shvedova made the decisive break of the first set in the seventh game, and saved a break point with a deep backhand winner while serving for the set.
In the second, Shvedova broke in the first game and held on to win in 94 minutes.
"I played well to reach the final, but she played better than me today," said Santangelo, ranked 36th.
The 19-year-old Shvedova's ranking was set to move inside the top 100 for the first time yesterday.
The doubles title was won by the top-seeded Taiwanese pair of Chan Yung-jan (詹詠然) and Chuang Chia-jung (莊佳容). They rallied after dropping the first set to prevail 6-7 (4), 6-2, 10-9 against fourth-seeded Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan and Alla Kudryavtseva of Russia.
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