Eighth seed Yuan Yue outlasted sixth seed Wang Xiyu 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) to win her first WTA title on Sunday, capturing an all-Chinese language closing on the ATX Open.
Yuan wanted two hours and 13 minutes and 7 championship factors to subdue Wang, who rallied from 5-2 down within the second set to drive a tie-break within the showdown at Austin, Texas.
In her solely prior WTA closing, Yuan had misplaced to American Jessica Pegula final October at Seoul.
The matchup was the primary all-Chinese language WTA closing since Wang Qiang defeated Zheng Saisai to take the 2018 Nanchang crown. It was the primary all-Chinese language closing outdoors Asia since Zheng Jie defeated Li Na within the 2006 Estoril championship match.
World quantity 68 Yuan rallied from 2-0 all the way down to take the primary set, denying Sixty fourth-ranked Wang on 5 of six break probabilities and changing each of her personal, claiming the set on a forehand winner.
After Wang fought again from the brink to drive a second-set tie-break, Yuan jumped forward 6-1 within the decider, just for Wang to save lots of three match factors earlier than Yuan claimed the triumph.
Wang was denied her second profession WTA title, having received final September’s Guangzhou Open in her solely different tour closing.
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