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Berlin (AP) -Fonmer Wimbledon Champion, Marketa Vondrousova, left months of injuries to win China Wang Xinyu 7-6 (10), 4-6, 6-2 and win the Berlin Open.
For Vondrousova, 25, who fell 164 in the ranking after having undergone surgery in his left shoulder, is his first title in his first final since Wimbledon won in 2023.
Vondrousova told his team: “We were all very hard so that I could come back and I felt that, you know, we came here to try to win the first match and now it happens. I am therefore very grateful to be here and very grateful for you.”
Vondrousova defeated the world number one, Aryna Sabalenka, 6-2, 6-4 in the semi-finals to reach the confrontation with Wang, who played his seventh game in nine days after crossing the qualifications.
Wang, 23, beat the former champion Liudmila Samsonova in the semi-finals to reach her first final. Previously, he eliminated Daria Kasatkina, Coco Gauff and Paula Badasa after the qualifications.
“It was an incredible week for us. And we simply continue to build and wait with the next one,” said Wang, who won only ten victories this year before bringing to the lawn tournament.
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