the brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia entered birmingham the third title of his career, the second in a row and on the grass in 2022, benefited abandonment of Chinese Shuai Zhangto leave the match after the ninth game of the first set (5-4), after 37 minutes of play.
The 26-year-old tennis player from Sao Paulo has made history, with ten consecutive wins on the grass giving him titles in Nottingham last week and now in Birmingham. They were the first victories of the South American player who two weeks ago had only one trophy on his record, the one in Seoul in 2017.
The situation changed a lot for Haddad Maia, who made history. Her good results lifted her to 29th place in the women’s rankings, the best of her career, to become the first Brazilian tennis player, since Maria Esther Bueno in 1976, to be ranked in the top thirty in the world.
Zhang left the match left at 5-4 due to neck pain. The Chinese have a doubles final pending with Belgian Elise Mertens.
Long day for two. The suspension of the semifinals on Saturday due to rain caused everything to be pending for Sunday.
In the early hours, Haddad Maia and Zhang had to overcome their respective encounters before the final. Both resolved in three sets. The Brazilian defeated Romanian Simona Halep, second favorite, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4. The Chinese defeated Romanian Sorana Cirstea 4-6, 6-1 and 7-6 (5).
A few hours later, the final was set to last just over half an hour and Zhang ended up retiring due to injury and the Brazilian held the title.
Source: La Verdad
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