WTA Roundup: Kristina Liutova Becomes Youngest WTA Champion Since 2019
The 16-year-old qualified for the draw and beat top-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova and Darja Vidmanova to become the youngest WTA champion since 2019.
- On Sunday, 16-year-old Kristina Liutova won the WTA Memphis title, defeating Darja Vidmanova 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 in her first main-draw appearance.
- Ranked 229th, Liutova qualified for the draw to earn her spot, aided by top-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova's retirement in her opening match.
- Victories over top-seeded Alexandrova and sixth-seeded Caty McNally highlighted Liutova's run, with her converting seven of 10 break-point opportunities against Vidmanova in the final.
- Liutova became the youngest WTA winner since 15-year-old Coco Gauff triumphed in Linz in 2019, sealing victory on her fourth match point with a stinging forehand.
- Projected to rise to 126th in the world, Liutova gains significant momentum from the 250-level title, while 23-year-old Vidmanova remains in search of her first WTA crown.
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WTA roundup: Kristina Liutova becomes youngest WTA champion since 2019
Sixteen-year-old Kristina Liutova of Russia claimed a 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 victory over Darja Vidmanova of the Czech Republic on Sunday to earn the title at the Memphis Classic in her first-ever WTA main-draw event. Liutova, the world's No. 229-ranked play...
At the tournament in Memphis a player gets through, which becomes the youngest winner for many years. Now she makes a jump in the world rankings.
He set the final against Czech Darja Vidmanová and raised the trophy in his first participation in a main frame of the circuit. He will climb more than 100 places in the ranking and became the first tennis player born in 2010 to win a title of the WTA.
Russian teen Liutova wins WTA Memphis title
Liutova became the youngest player to win a WTA title since 15-year-old Coco Gauff triumphed in Linz in 2019. When she fired a stinging forehand to the corner to seal the win on her fourth match point, Liutova dropped to her knees, then ran to the stands to share a tearful embrace with her mother. Having shaken off early nerves to storm through the second set, she led 4-0 in the third before Vidmanova held serve for 4-1, then broke for 4-2. Liut…
Overtaken in the first set, 16-year-old Russian Kristina Liutova overturned Czech Darja Vidmanova on Sunday in the final of the Memphis WTA 250 tennis tournament: 1-6, 6-1, 6-3. ...
First player born after 2010 to play in the final of a women's circuit tournament, the Russian will challenge Czech Darja Vidmanova this Sunday in Memphis.
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