Pegula and Putintseva make their grass debut with the Berlin and Birmingham titles

MADRID, 23 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The American tennis player Jessica Pegula and the Kazakh Yulia Putintseva managed to win their first title on grass this Sunday by winning the finals of the WTA tournaments in Berlin and Birmingham (England).

Pegula, who had to end her semifinal match against Coco Gauff also this Sunday, saved five championship points against the Russian Anna Kalinskaya and won her first title of the season with an intense 6-7(0), 6-4, 7 -6(3). The American, who suffered a rib injury during the dirt tour, won the fifth trophy of her career.

For her part, Putintseva won her third ATP title by beating Australian Ajla Tomljanovic 6-1, 7-6(8). After winning on the grass of Nuremberg in 2019 and in Budapest in 2021, the Kazakh tasted victory on the grass of Birmingham, for the first time on this surface.

2024-06-23 14:49:43
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