DUTCHWOMAN Arantxa Rus successfully defended her crown in the US$25,000 ITF Women’s Circuit following a lop-sided 6-1 6-3 win over American Jacqueline Cako at the True Arena in Hua Hin yesterday.

Third seed Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands staged one of the greatest comebacks in her career by recovering from a set and 1-5 down to dash the hope of Nicha Lertpitaksinchai to claim her first title in three years in the final of the US$25,000 Singha Cal-