The Russian wins only the second cup in her career after finishing fourth in the world championship
Russian tennis player Veronika Kudermetova, world number 19, won the WTA 500 title in Tokyo, Japan in the early hours of this Sunday, a hard court event with a prize pool of $789,000.
She defeated the second favorite and fourth in the world, the American Jessica Pegula, by 2 sets to 0 with scores of 7/5 6/1 after 1h24min of duration on the stage of the 2021 Olympic Games.
This is the second achievement in the tennis player’s career, the first in two and a half years after winning the trophy on the green clay of Charleston, in the United States.
Kudermetova had a remarkable week in which she beat Poland’s Iga Swiatek for the first time, who was a starter with crushing defeats in previous matches.
The Russian will overtake Beatriz Haddad Maia in the rankings and will be 16th in the standings.
Source: Terra
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