Iva Jovic, a 17-year-old native of Southern California, secured her first WTA Tour title on the Guadalajara Open Akron by ending off Colombia’s Emiliana Arango 6-4, 6-1 on Sunday in Mexico.
Jovic obtained a good path on the WTA 500-level occasion, as she solely confronted one seeded participant, the No. 8 seed. She capitalized on the chance, following three-set victories within the quarters and semis with a tidy 95-minute closing.
Jovic saved 6 of 9 break factors Sunday, transformed 6 of 11 alternatives and received greater than half her return factors (31 of 54). Arango had 4 double faults and struggled on each serve and return.
SP Open
French 19-year-old Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah accomplished a dream run in Sao Paulo to clinch her first WTA Tour title, beating Indonesia’s Janice Tjen 6-3, 6-4 within the closing.
Rakotomanga Rajaonah took down the eighth and fifth seeds within the earlier two rounds earlier than dealing with Tjen; each girls made their first appearances in a tour-level closing. Regardless of hitting 5 double faults with out an ace, the Frenchwoman prevailed by saving 8 of 10 break factors and changing 4 of 8 probabilities to interrupt Tjen’s serve.
Tjen misplaced regardless of serving up three aces and successful 18 of 29 first-service factors (62.1 p.c). She was far much less efficient on her second serve, successful simply 5 of 21 (23.8 p.c).
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