The Belgian Elise Mertenssecond favorite, won in 72 minutes and with less resistance than expected in the Italian Jasmine Paolinifirst, to reaffirm the title to Monastirremain unbeaten in the Tunisian tournament and achieve the eighth of his career.
The 27-year-old player from Leuven won 6-3, 6-0 against Paolini, reaching her second WTA final of the season and aiming for her second victory on the women’s circuit after Portoroz in 2021.
Mertens won with authority. The Belgian added his tenth straight victory at the Monastir tournament, which he won last year. It was his last trophy until he won in the final this Sunday.
The Belgian has the size of Paolini, whom he has defeated in four of the five confrontations the two have faced.
For its part, the German Tamara Korpatsch He did not feel the impact or the pressure of playing in the first final of his career, which he won, in the tournament of Cluj NapocaRomanian style Elena Gabriela Rusethat he lost the two times the two faced each other.
The 28-year-old player from Hamburg opened his record after winning 6-3, 6-4, in one hour and 50 minutes, and frustrated his opponent, who wanted to be a prophet in his homeland.
The German woman had no choice, as she won her first title. Ruse is playing in his first final of 2023 and the third of his career after the two he played in 2021.
Source: La Verdad
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