Jessica Pegula knocked out high seed and fellow American Coco Gauff 7-5, 7-6 (2) in a rain-interrupted semifinal conflict and went on to beat Anna Kalinskaya 6-7 (0), 6-4, 7-6 (3) within the remaining to win the Berlin Open on Sunday.
The semifinal was suspended Saturday attributable to rain, with world No. 5 Pegula main 7-5, 6-6 (3-1). She wasted no time after the match resumed underneath a cloudy sky Sunday, successful 4 of the final 5 factors to succeed in the ultimate.
“I performed some actually good tennis this week and I really feel like I beat some actually good ladies, particularly on grass,” Pegula mentioned after her first WTA title this yr and fifth of her profession. “To have the ability to intestine out a win like that’s cool.”
Pegula misplaced a aggressive first set to Kalinskaya after each gamers broke the opposite 3 times every. However the American bounced again, breaking within the first recreation to arrange a win within the second set.
Pegula, 30, broke Kalinskaya to take a 3-1 lead within the third set, however the Russian participant fought again with a break of her personal and saved 4 break factors within the subsequent recreation to make it 4-4.
Kalinskaya, 25, was on the verge of two extra breaks that will have taken her to victory, however the American saved 5 match factors to win each video games and take the set into the tiebreaker, the place she finally prevailed.
The win marked Pegula’s fifth profession singles title and first on grass, days earlier than she competes in Wimbledon, the place she reached the quarterfinals final yr.
Reuters and The Related Press contributed to this report.
