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The fourth-seeded Pegula was leading Gauff 7-5,
6-6 (3-1) before the match was suspended due to rain on
Saturday. She won four of the final five tiebreaker points to
dispatch Gauff.
Pegula rebounded from dropping the first set versus Kalinskaya
to record a 6-7 (0), 6-4, 7-6 (3) victory over the Russian.
Pegula needed two hours and 38 minutes to defeat Kalinskaya and
win her fifth career title. She was competing in just her second
tournament since her return from a rib injury.
Rothesay Classic
Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva captured her third WTA Tour title
with a 6-1, 7-6 (8) win over Australian Ajla Tomljanovic in the
final in Birmingham, England.
Putintseva rallied from a 5-3 deficit in the second set and
saved two set points to dispatch Tomljanovic in 98 minutes.
Tomljanovic fell to 0-5 in career finals.
Bad Homburg Open
Sixth-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova cruised to a 6-3, 6-0 win
over Nadia Podoroska of Argentina in the first round in Hamburg,
Germany.
Eighth-seeded Mirra Andreeva was not as fortunate as her Russian
countrywoman. Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska posted a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
win over Andreeva.
Third-seeded Emma Navarro had no issue in her match, cruising to
a 6-3, 6-1 win over Jaqueline Cristian of Romania. Also, Donna
Vekic of Croatia, Paula Badosa of Spain and Viktoriya Tomova of
Bulgaria each recorded a straight-set win to advance to the
second round.
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