BERLIN — Former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova wanted three units to subdue Chinese language qualifier Wang Xinyu on Sunday and win the Berlin Open title, finishing an unbelievable run to her first trophy since her London triumph two years in the past.
The 25-year-old Czech participant, who had dropped to 164th on this planet after an injury-plagued 12 months, was taking part in her first last since successful Wimbledon in 2023.
She was made to work laborious for a 7-6 (10), 4-6, 6-2 victory that included saving six set factors within the tight first-set tiebreak.
“Good to see a full crowd. I actually loved the tennis week and the help,” Vondrousova stated after successful her third profession title. “… I really feel prefer it couldn’t have been higher for us right here. We have been all working actually laborious. We got here right here to attempt to win the primary match. So very completely happy.”
Wang, who needed to battle by way of the qualifying course of and beat 4 top-20 gamers to succeed in her first tour last, saved inflicting issues together with her pinpoint accuracy as she fired repeated baseline winners.
Vondrousova’s serve appeared unbreakable till Wang earned her first break level within the seventh recreation, breaking Vondrousova, who slipped and damage her ankle. However Vondrousova got here again to grab the tiebreak after Wang wasted six set factors.
Wang, 23, exhibiting few nerves, leveled the match after breaking her opponent as soon as within the second set.
However Vondrousova, who beat Australian Open champion Madison Keys within the first spherical and world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka within the semifinals, raced again with two breaks of her personal to go 4-1 up within the decider.
She then performed an ideal service recreation at 5-2, with an outstanding dropshot, a crosscourt backhand winner and a strong forehand that pressured an error by Wang on the primary match level.
