The British Katie Boulter, third seed, took advantage of the collapse of her rival, Czech Karolina Pliskova, to come back and win the final which gave him the title, for the second consecutive year, of the Nottingham tournament (4-6, 6-3 and 6-2).
The bid for the trophy pits two players who have previously won it from Nottingham. Pliskova, former world number one, now ranked 50, won it in 2016. Boulter won the award in 2023.
The local and the Czech met in the final match after an intense day. Both had to reschedule their respective semi-final matches, which were postponed on Saturday due to rain and poor light. Pliskova eliminated Frenchwoman Diane Parry 6-7(9), 6-1 and 6-4 in two hours and twenty-four minutes. Boulter defeated fellow Briton Emma Raducanu 6-7(13), 6-3 and 6-4, after three hours and twenty-seven.
Pliskova, who faced her thirty-fourth final in search of her eighteenth title, her second of the year after Cluj, took advantage and put victory on track. The Czech has won two of the four previous matches against the British. But there were definitely falls in the two who played in the grass.
Also in Nottingham as Boulter bounced back from his poor start and gradually took control of the situation. She scored the second set and accelerated in the third, where Pliskova showed signs of fatigue.
After two hours of play, the 27-year-old player, the thirtieth on the WTA circuit, closed the victory in the final and got the third victory of her career after Nottingham last year and San Diego in 2024, in the only finals there is. played.
Source: La Verdad
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