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She became the first woman to win titles on
every surface in the same year since Caroline Garcia in 2022.
and the youngest player to do so since Caroline Wozniacki, then
19, in 2009.
Shnaider has risen in the world rankings in 12 months from No.
110 to a career-high No. 28, and she is projected to go higher
after Sunday's crown.
Palermo Ladies Open
No. 1 seed Qinwen Zheng of China outlasted No. 2 seed Karolina
Muchova of the Czech Republic 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 in two hours and 49
minutes to successfully defend her title in Italy.
Although Muchova saved 12 of 19 break points, she had to deal
with Zheng's six aces. Zheng ran out to a 3-0 lead in the third
set, saw Muchova win a pair of games, then drew away by taking
the final three.
Zheng won her first WTA title of the year and the third of her
career.
Prague Open
Germany's Ella Seidel upset seventh-seeded Nadia Podoroska of
Argentina 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 in the first round in the Czech
Republic.
Seidel saved 5 of 10 break-point opportunities while converting
7 of 18. Podoroska had more aces (4-2) but also more double
faults (8-2).
Third-seeded Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine worked just over three
hours to outlast the host country's Sara Bejlek 7-5, 6-7 (7),
6-2. Fifth-seeded Viktoriya Tomova of Bulgaria was a 7-6 (3),
6-3 winner over Renata Jamrichova of the Slovak Republic.
Other winners were Spain's Rebeka Masarova and France's Elsa
Jacquemot.
UniCredit Iasi Open
No. 1 seed Mirra Andreeva of Russia opened the first round in
Romania with a dominant 6-1, 6-2 win over Germany's Noma Noha
Akugue.
Andreeva, 17, won 23 of her 29 first-service points (79.3
percent) and got the job done in a mere 66 minutes.
Romania's Miriam Bulgaru pleased the home-crowd fans by
upsetting No. 2 seed Tatjana Maria 6-4, 6-2, while Serbia's Olga
Danilovic outlasted No. 4 seed Anna Blinkova of Russia 6-2, 5-7,
6-1. Spaniard Marina Bassols Ribera and Romanian Elena-Gabriela
Ruse also advanced to the second round.
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