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Ian Chadband

'So happy': Kasatkina savours first title as an Aussie

Aussie tennis has a new champion after Daria Kasatkina claimed a first tournament win in 17 months. (Zain Mohammed/AAP PHOTOS)

Daria Kasatkina has expressed her joy at finally becoming a tennis champion in Australian colours and ending a troubled patch of form.

The country's most celebrated tennis import was left celebrating her first tournament triumph since switching her national allegiance 13 months ago, at last finding a welcome upturn in fortunes with victory on clay in Spain.

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