Liudmila Samsonova, WTA champion from Washington

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The Russian Lyudmila Samsonovanumber 60 in the world ranking, came back and won this Sunday 4-6, 6-3 and 6-3 against the Estonian kaia kani (n.37), where she was crowned champion of the WTA 250 tennis tournament Washington.

Samsonova defeated Kanepi in one hour and 45 minutes and won the second title of her career on the WTA circuit, after the one she won at Berlin 2021.

The Russian player ended an amazing week, during which she defeated the Belgian Elise Mertens, the Australian Aljia Tomljanovic, the British Emma Raducanu and the Chinese Hiyu Wang.

Kanepi, 37, reached the final after defeating Gretje Minnen of Belgium, Lin Zhu of China, Anna Kalinskaya of Russia and Daria Saville of Australia.

After losing the first set 6-4, against a Kanepi who was looking for the fifth title of his career, Samsonova got two breaks, in the seventh and ninth games, and forced the decisive set (6-3), which made he. the opportunity to complete his return will not be lost.

Kanepi was shaken and sought medical help at the start of the third set, but that didn’t stop her from taking Samsonova on a first-name basis until the end.

For the Estonian, the break at love suffered in the eighth game was decisive, allowing Samsonova to sentence the match on her service for the final 6-3.

Source: La Verdad

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